One-third of Israel’s elementary and middle school students, and one-quarter of high school students, consider violence a big or very big problem in their schools, according to a report by Hebrew University. The study also found that 10 percent of middle and high school students had brought weapons, including guns and knives, to school in the month before the survey was taken.
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