Sinn Féin MLA Cathy Mason has written to the Education Minister and submitted a series of questions over his trip to Israel.
The South Down MLA said:
“The DUP Education Minister has chosen to visit Israel at a time when that very same state is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. Meanwhile, schools here continue to lurch from crisis to crisis.
“Israel has bombed nearly every school in Gaza out of existence and murdered tens of thousands of children.
“I have written to the Education Minister to ask a series of questions, including who funded this trip and whether it was undertaken in an official ministerial capacity, or if elements of his visit have been carried out with departmental support. If not, I am requesting clarification as to why departmental social media has been used to comment on elements of this trip.
“Teachers, children and parents deserve answers.”
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