Eassim Houri, 20 months, was expelled from the nursery school when the parents of the other children stated they would not accept the situation in which an Arab child plays with their children.
Alona Ben Sheetrit, who runs the nursery, insists she had no other alternative in light of the mounting opposition against her decision to accept the child. She told Israel's Channel 2 Television News that the decision was dictated by the reality that all of the other parents opposed the child's presence in the daycare center.
According to the child's father Wassim, since the incident was broadcast on the news, he has received many offers to accommodate his little son's daycare needs and Eassim was already registered in another facility.
Although expressing disapproval over the action of the nursery school, Beersheba Municipality officials explained they were powerless to take action since the facility was private and not government run.