This controversial judicial reform has a serious impact! I am not sure the now old and also senile Prime Minister Netanyahu has not unusually miscalculated here! He used to be very smart in the past!
"... the Israel Business Forum has said that it will close businesses today. Who is striking today?
The membership of the Israel Business Forum consists of 150 businesses in Israel, among them leading retailers, banks, and law firms. Several of them have already announced that they will be shut today. Big Shopping Centers, for example, has announced that its malls will be shut today and stores will not open. Azrieli Group says its commercial centers and offices throughout Israel will be closed, except for vital services. Amot Investments has similarly announced that its commercial centers, apart from vital services, will be closed, and that there will be no work at its construction sites.
A precise list of striking companies has not yet been issued, but the identities of the companies can be deduced from the identities of the leading figures in the forum: Liora Ofer, Harel Wiesel, Danna Azrieli, and others.
Bank CEOs are also members of the forum, and some of them spoke out at the weekend, but it is doubtful whether regulations permit them to close the banks. Bank Hapoalim has announced that "the bank will allow employees to exercise the right to demonstrate during the working day and as apart of it, each according to his or her conscience; pay will not be affected."
The managements of Bank Leumi and Israel Discount Bank have ..."
Israeli businesses call unprecedented strike - Globes In protest against the start of legislation of the judicial overhaul, leading retailers, law firms, construction companies and others are shut today.
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