Message for the New Year 2025 from
Dr. Tziona Levi, Director of the Department of Languages:

Dear Diplomacy Major–English Teachers,

The 2025-2026 school year invites us to rethink what education can - and must - be. Our students come to us with curiosity, a desire to understand the world, and an instinctive drive to question. Through the Diplomacy Major, these instincts are refined and strengthened. By engaging with authentic texts, complex issues, and diverse perspectives, students learn not only to master a language but to access global knowledge, analyze information, and communicate ideas with clarity and purpose.

The Diplomacy Major now plays a central role in advancing social mobility, fostering multidisciplinary learning, and empowering students to interact meaningfully with international discourse. Its goals - deep critical thinking, responsible decision-making, and collaborative problem-solving - have never been more relevant. In an era defined by environmental uncertainty, geopolitical shifts, and rapidly changing modes of communication, our classrooms become laboratories for addressing real-world challenges.

Your work creates these spaces: spaces where English becomes a tool for inquiry, where diplomacy becomes a habit of mind, and where students build the competencies needed to participate in shaping a more sustainable and connected future.

I thank you, English and Diplomacy teachers, for expanding what teaching can be - for guiding your students not only to learn English, but to use it to understand, question, and influence the world around them. Together, we continue to strengthen the Diplomacy Major as a forward-looking, impactful pathway for Israel’s learners.

I wish for meaningful, inspiring, and productive learning.

Dr. Tziona Levi

Director, Department of Languages

Office of Pedagogical Affairs

Ministry of Education