Is the Ministry of Education aligning itself with the ideology of its minister, Naftali Bennett, chair of the right-wing HaBayit HaYehudi party? Based on an assessment of the changes to the education system since Bennett took office, the answer can only be yes.
The nonprofit Secular Forum investigated and found that the Ministry of Education has increased religious studies and introduced images and messages derived from Judaism into textbooks used for unrelated subjects. Bennett himself once said that he considers excellence in Jewish studies more important than math or science.