On Sunday, March 30, 50,000 ministry employees started what amounts to
a work-to-rule (a work ban) in Israel. The following day a further
100,000 municipal workers came out on strike, and have stayed out. They
came out in protest against government plans to make drastic cuts of
around $2.3 billion (11 billion shekels) in public spending.
Last week we reported on the growing tensions between the Sharon
government and the Israeli trade unions. It looked as if a general
strike was about to be called, but last minute deals were being made to
avert it.
The Zionist ruling elite of Israel has for a long time attempted to maintain the
myth that Israel is a safe haven for Jews, (which it obviously is not, as many
years of conflict have clearly revealed). They tray and blur class divisions and
unite Jews from all classes as a "nation" defending itself against the outside "enemy"
(the Arabs). But the real Israel is quite different.