Histadrut National Labor Federation spokesman Yaniv Levi reported on Thursday, 8 Tammuz, that Israel’s courts will go on strike beginning on Sunday, 11 Tammuz.

This includes all magistrate and district courts as well as the High Court of Justice. Also included in the strike are the nation’s labor, traffic and family courts. The strike will include all administrative and maintenance personnel.

Planned reforms of the judicial system seem to be at the heart of the strike as reforms would directly impact working conditions. The labor federation explains that while it is not opposed to change, reforms must be implement via dialogue and mutual agreement and not unilaterally. Talks surrounding the planned reforms have hit a dead end.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)