Roads blocked in Tel Aviv as demonstrators march toward Histadrut labor federation headquarters

Multiple roads in Tel Aviv are blocked as protesters begin to march from a number of locations around the city toward the headquarters of the Histadrut labor federation.

Many protesters have been angered that the labor federation has not called a general strike after a bill to radically curb judicial oversight over government decisions was passed overnight in its first reading.

In late March the union joined a daylong general strike triggered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s since-reversed decision to fire Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for calling to pause the judicial legislation amid growing unrest over the overhaul. The strike was called off the same day after Netanyahu agreed to pause the legislation to allow for negotiations with the opposition.