Israel’s largest trade union has announced a nationwide general strike starting at 6 a.m. on Monday to force the Israeli government to reach a ceasefire with Hamas. The opposition leader, businessmen and several mayors have joined the call.
Israel prepares for a new era afternoon of massive demonstrations who will sue the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuwho agrees to seal a truce agreement with the Islamist group Hamaswhile the opposition leader has called for a general strike after the discovery of Six hostages killed in Gaza.
Israel’s largest trade union organization, Histadrutannounced this Sunday a General strike starting tomorrow, Mondaythat will paralyze the Israeli economy including Tel Aviv airport, in support of the Protest movement demanding a truce with the Islamist group Hamas to allow the release of the hostages in Gaza.
“Tomorrow, starting at 6:00 a.m. (03:00 GMT), the Israeli economy will be halted. At 8:00 a.m. (05:00 GMT) the airport will be closed and takeoffs and landings will be suspended,” Histadrut chairman 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, according to the conversations he has held with many security forces officials, seems to be blocked.for political considerations“.”I have come to the conclusion that Only our intervention can convince those who need to be convinced.“Tomorrow, at 6:00 a.m., the entire labor market will go on strike,” announced Bar-David, the head of an institution with more than 800,000 members.
Under the slogan “stop the nation”, this initiative has been seconded by the Israel 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 be on strike tomorrow, Monday, in support of the hostage families, and the mayors of Givatayim, Ran Kunik; and Kfar Saba, Rafi Saar, among others, have also joined in.
Demonstrations with symbolic coffins called for tonight
In addition, the Forum of Families of Hostages has called for “a commemorative march tonight, carrying symbolic coffins,” Tel Avivand has called for other marches in Jerusalem and dozens of points across Israel.
Last night, thousands of people took to the streets of Tel Aviv to protest against Netanyahu and his far-right government, demanding early elections and the signing of a truce agreement with Hamas that would allow the Release of the 97 hostages (of which a third have died) that remain captive in Gaza.
But the fuse was lit even more on Sunday when the Israeli army confirmed that the bodies it recovered last night from a tunnel in southern Gaza correspond to those of six hostages – four men and two women – that Hamas kidnapped in its attack on October 7.
“They were alive. Netanyahu and the Cabinet of Death decided not to save them. There are still hostages alive there, a deal can still be reached. Netanyahu is not doing this 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 an agreement,” before asking for “forgiveness” from the family of one of the dead hostages.
Source: Eitb
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