CHECKING THE LINE.

The threat to civilians in the Gulf War has meant that there are now more stringent requirement for the protection of children in schools, All nursery schools must now have a working phone in the kindergarten. The national phone company, Bezek, has been working virtually non-stop to install new lines in the schools, as the ministry of Education refused to allaw schools to re-open without a phone. The Minister of Communications made a tour of four towns in the company of Bezek management to see how the children reacted to having telephones in their playrooms. Photo shows: The picture shows (L-R) Communication Minister Rafael Pinchasi (with beard). Lod Mayor Maxim Levy and Bezek director Itzhak Caul. They are visiting nursery schools that have recently had new telephones installed according to the new regulations.