Back to School with Gideon Saar

GOOD TIMING Saar picked an opportune time to jump back into politics. Netanyahu is under multiple investigations for alleged misconduct in office. Despite his professed ambition Saar has carefully avoided any appearance that he is trying to push Bibi off the political precipice (Photo: Flash90)

A news editor’s inbox is like an overflowing jug of water placed under an open faucet. Beware the deluge.

Yet news professionals thrive on information and encourage queries and solicitations. One never knows the source from which the next idea may germinate.

On Friday a Tel Aviv public relations firm with an unfamiliar name flooded my inbox with pictures of Gideon Saar the former education minister in the Netanyahu government mingling with teachers and students in Petach Tikvah on the opening day of the new school year. The PR firm even offered me a video if I was interested.