Israelis attend the funeral in Jerusalem of US-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose body was found along with five other captives in the southern Gaza Strip, Sept. 2, 2024. (Credit: Gil Cohen-Magen/Reuters)
This is the first time in the nearly eleven months of the war waged by Israel in Gaza that the Histadrut, the main trade union confederation of Israeli workers, declared a general strike across the country. Its last call dates back to the spring of 2023, in the midst of mass mobilization against the justice reform project launched by Benjamin Netanyahu's government. At the time, this day of blockade forced the prime minister to reverse his decision to fire his defense minister, Yoav Gallant. Will the general strike that Israel plunged into on Monday in turn make it possible to put pressure on the executive to obtain an agreement to release the hostages in Gaza and a cease-fire?The protest movement that began Sunday in various cities across the country is one of the largest since Oct. 7. Nearly 500,000 people demonstrated in the streets...
This is the first time in the nearly eleven months of the war waged by Israel in Gaza that the Histadrut, the main trade union confederation of Israeli workers, declared a general strike across the country. Its last call dates back to the spring of 2023, in the midst of mass mobilization against the justice reform project launched by Benjamin Netanyahu's government. At the time, this day of blockade forced the prime minister to reverse his decision to fire his defense minister, Yoav Gallant. Will the general strike that Israel plunged into on Monday in turn make it possible to put pressure on the executive to obtain an agreement to release the hostages in Gaza and a cease-fire?The protest movement that began Sunday in various cities across the country is one of the largest since Oct. 7. Nearly 500,000 people demonstrated in the streets...