Israel’s largest labor union has called for a nationwide general strike starting at 6 a.m. Monday to force the Israeli government to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas. The opposition leader, business leaders and several mayors have joined the call.
Israel prepares to live afternoon of mass demonstrations who will prosecute the israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahuwho agrees to a. seal armistice agreement with the Islamic group Hamaswhile the opposition leader has called for a general strike after the discovery of six hostages killed in Gaza.
The largest trade union organization in Israel, Histadrutannounced this sunday a general strike starting tomorrow mondayThat will paralyze the Israeli economy including Tel Aviv Airport, in support of protest movement demanding a ceasefire with the Islamist group Hamas to facilitate the release of the hostages in Gaza.
“Tomorrow, starting at 6:00 in the morning (03:00 GMT), the Israeli economy will stop. At 8:00 in the morning (05:00 GMT), the airport will be closed and flights will be suspended from takeoffs to landings,” Histadrut President Arnon Bar-David said in a statement.
“The agreement is the most important thing right now,” he said, before denouncing that the ceasefire agreement with Hamas appears to be blocked, according to talks he has had with many security force officials.due to political considerations“.” I have come to the conclusion that only our intervention can convince those who need to be convinced“Tomorrow, at 6 a.m., the entire labor market will begin the strike,” announced Bar-David, head of an institution with more than 800,000 members.
This initiative was created under the motto ‘stop the nation’ seconded for him Israeli Business Forum, that brings together the 200 largest companies in the countrywith calls for a general strike that could start tomorrow.
He mayor of Tel AvivRon Huldai has announced that his city will go on strike tomorrow, Monday, in support of the hostage families, and the mayors of Givatayim, Ran Kunik, have also joined; and from Kfar Saba, Rafi Saar, among others.
Demonstrations with symbolic coffins, which are called for tonight
Furthermore, the Hostage family members forum has called for ‘a memorial march tonight, with symbolic coffins’ Tel Avivand has called for other marches in Jerusalem and dozens of points across Israel.
Thousands of people took to the streets of Tel Aviv last night to protest against Netanyahu and his far-right government, demanding early elections and the signing of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas that would allow the release of the 97 hostages (of which a third have died) They remain trapped in Gaza.
But the fuse was further lit on Sunday when the Israeli military confirmed that the bodies it recovered from a tunnel in southern Gaza last night matched those of six hostages – four men and two women – kidnapped by Hamas during the September 7, October attack.
“They were alive. Netanyahu and the Cabinet of Death decided not to save them. There are still hostages there, an agreement can still be reached. Netanyahu is not doing it for political reasons,” lamented opposition leader Yair Lapid, who has called on business owners and local authorities to join the general strike.
However, Netanyahu continues to defend his position and stated in a recorded message that “those who kill hostages do not want a deal,” before asking for “forgiveness” from the family of one of the dead hostages.
Source: EITB
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