Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara met today, at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, with children who have experienced social ostracism. They were joined by Education Minister Yoav Kisch and the Chair of the Committee for Children’s Rights, MK Kati Sheetrit.

The children shared, with the Prime Minister and his wife, their experiences of social ostracism and exclusion within educational frameworks, as well as their personal coping mechanisms and how they overcame these immense difficulties.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

“It starts with you, the children. It starts with you, because what I see here is that you are different, that is completely clear, but you don’t realize how you are different: You possess immense strength.

“Because if you manage to live the way you live, to draw strength from within yourselves, to fight this wickedness and evil, and to constantly keep trying to move forward, you have special powers.

“It is not a given that other children have this. It is clear that you do. Despite all the hardships, despite all the suffering, recognize this: You have something special that is immense. I see each and every one of you; it is something amazing. And I hear you, I listen to you, my heart opens up to you; you have immense strength.”