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Parents Pull Their Children Out of Tel-Aviv-Area School for a Month over Nearby Asbestos

Summary by Haaretz
The presence of the asbestos in the ground in the vicinity of the Paul Kor School in Petah Tikva was discovered during construction of a new road but was later found even closer to the school grounds. The parents say they learned of the problem by chance, but the municipality denies any wrongdoing

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The cache was discovered in November during work on a new road, but the parents only found out about it by chance the following month. They say the municipality hid it from them, putting their children's health at risk. "We saw people arriving at the site in white lab coats and masks, while the children were in classrooms with open windows or playing in the yard," said one parent.

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haaretz.co.il broke the news in on Friday, January 2, 2026.
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