Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu opened the weekly government meeting on Sunday by wishing all the [university] students a successful academic year, according to a BeChadrei Chareidim report. (In Israel, college begins after Sukkos.)

Netanyahu also mentioned his son, Avner, saying: “This includes my son Avner who begins archaeological studies in Jerusalem. Despite my attempt to direct him to be a Tanach researcher, he decided – at least at this stage – to go in this path.”

Avner Netanyahu won the National Bible Quiz in Israel when he was 15, in 2010. He then competed in the International Bible Quiz and came in third place.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)