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Israeli military leader and politician Moshe Dayan addressing an early Israel Bonds rally. Credit: Development Corporation for Israel/Israel Bonds.
Israel’s ‘privileged class’: Its roots and its rot
Those with talent went into academia and the legal system, as well as the police, and, of course, the army. This continues to be a problem.
Yisrael Medad
April 21, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on Dec. 9, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Netanyahu: ‘No war between brothers’ over Shin Bet chief’s dismissal
Meanwhile, leading Israeli firms issued an ultimatum, saying they will go on strike if the court’s temporary injunction freezing the dismissal is not respected.
JNS Staff
March 22, 2025
Histadrut labor federation head Arnon Bar-David attends a rally outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv calling for the release of Israelis held by Hamas in Gaza, Sept. 1, 2024. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.
How the general strike backfired on Israel’s anti-government movement
A labor court's overruling of the Histadrut's wartime shutdown likely eliminated such actions from the protest's arsenal, analysts say.
Canaan Lidor
Sept. 4, 2024
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich visits the Gvura Forum protest tent near the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, Sept. 1, 2024. Credit: Gvura Forum/Facebook.
Gaza hostage families to government: Destroy Hamas!
Members of the Gvura Forum oppose the pressure from the left to give in to the terrorists' demands.
Amelie Botbol
Sept. 2, 2024
Travellers at Ben Gurion International Airport where flights were being delayed, as the workers of the airport went on strike, in a protest for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, on Sept. 2, 2024. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Israeli labor court cuts short ‘political’ strike
“The strike is political, there is no connection between the killing of the abductees and the economy," the court's president said in her decision.
Sept. 2, 2024
Israelis block the Ayalon Highway and clash with police in Tel Aviv, during a protest calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza on Sept. 1, 2024. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.
36 arrested at Gaza ceasefire protests in Tel Aviv
Israel's prime minister and finance minister filed a petition against Histadrut Chairman Arnon Bar-David, arguing that he called a general strike for political reasons.
Joshua Marks
Sept. 2, 2024
Histadrut labor federation head Arnon Bar-David visits Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee, June 27, 2024. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.
Israeli labor federation declares one-day general strike
Much of the economy, airport, public transportation will shut down on Monday morning.
Sept. 1, 2024
Demonstrators protest against the Israeli government at the Amiad Junction, north of the Sea of Galilee, July 6, 2024. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.
Activists harass coalition lawmakers as ‘Day of Disruption’ kicks off
Anti-government protesters demand early elections as they mark nine months of war with nation-wide demonstrations.
July 7, 2024
Reform opponents march towards the Knesset after prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, July 23, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Likud, anti-reform protest leaders both reject Histadrut proposal
The labor federation is proposing an 18-month legislative freeze unless 62.5% of MKs favor the judicial changes.
July 23, 2023