Racist far-right Israeli lawmaker’s visit sparks school strike in Palestinian city Parents and community leaders in Umm al-Fahm, a major Palestinian city inside Israel, have announced a general strike across all schools over a planned visit by far-right Israeli lawmaker Zvi Succot. Succot, a Religious Zionism party lawmaker who chairs the Knesset Education Committee, said he would visit the city on Sunday to ensure "a single shekel of state funding" does not go to schools he accused of inviting terrorist organisations to address pupils. The city’s parents’ committee said all educational institutions, including special education programmes, would shut because of safety concerns and rising tensions.