Histadrut chair accepts court’s ruling that strike must end; hostage families encourage further protests

Histadrut Labor Federation chair Arnon Bar-David says he respects the decision by the Labor Court to end the strike at 2:30 p.m.

“It is important to emphasize that the solidarity strike was a significant measure and I stand behind it. Despite the attempts to paint solidarity as political, hundreds of thousands of citizens voted with their feet,” he says in a statement.

“I thank every one of you — you proved that the fate of the hostages is not right-wing or left-wing, there is only life or death, and we won’t allow life to be abandoned,” he says.

Meanwhile, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum encourages the public to continue the demonstrations despite the ruling.

“This is not about a strike, this is about rescuing the 101 hostages that were abandoned by [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu with the cabinet decision last Thursday,” the forum says, referring to the vote by ministers backing the IDF’s continued presence on the Philadelphi Corridor.