Prime Minister Netanyahu announces the delay of the legal reform - 27/03/23 • The strike in the economy will be stopped

(haipo) - Prime Minister Netanyahu gave a speech at a press conference from the Prime Minister's Office: "I have decided to suspend the legislative process."

Netanyahu actually says that he is not stopping the legislative process, but only suspending it. He emphasized that the next move will continue in the next session of the Knesset. Netanyahu blamed those who refused to serve in the IDF and placed the responsibility on the heads of the security services. Netanyahu addressed his constituents and said that "You are not second-class citizens..."

In response to Netanyahu's words, many are now protesting at intersections.
The chairman of the Histadrut, Arnon Bar David, announced that the strike would be called off.
Netavg returns to full activity.

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President Yitzhak Herzog responded to Netanyahu's words:

Stopping the legislation is the right thing. This is the time to start an honest, serious and responsible conversation that will urgently calm the spirits and lower the flames.
I call on everyone to show responsibility. Demonstration and protest - from any side - yes. Violence - by no means. If one side wins - the state will lose. We must be preserved as one people and as one state - Jewish and democratic.

For the sake of our unity and for the future of our sons and daughters - we need to start talking here and now.
The President's House, the abode of the people, is open to be a space for discussions and the formation of agreements as broad as possible, with the aim of rescuing our beloved State of Israel from the deep crisis we are in. "And you gave peace to the land, and everlasting joy to its inhabitants."

The chairman of the Histadrut welcomes the stoppage of the legislation and calls for unity; the strike will be stopped

Histadrut Chairman Arnon Bar-David said this evening in response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's words:
"I congratulate the Prime Minister for stopping the legislative process and for choosing the unity of the people. I will be the first to assist Prime Minister Netanyahu, in leading negotiations to create a reform that will be formulated by mutual agreement between the parties, and will bring about the unification of the divisions in the nation. I call on all my friends in the government and in the Knesset, from the left and the right, Leave your ego aside and see the good of the people and the future of Israeli society before your eyes. On our watch, an event is taking place, one of the biggest and most difficult in the nation's history, and we must all show responsibility and leadership for the future of our children.

Following the Prime Minister's announcement, I am announcing that the strike in the economy, which I announced this morning, will end. I thank all the partners in the movement: the heads of the economy and the representatives of the employers, the heads of the committees, the workers, the members of the Histadrut leadership and the workers of the Histadrut. Together we will return the State of Israel to the right path."

Airport Authority announcement:

At this time we are working to return the flight schedule to routine activity and to remove all the planes and passengers that are in the airport according to the constraints in the world.
16 flights are scheduled to take off until midnight. and midnight until the closing of the night at 01:40 another 16 flights.
We allow the airlines to add flights to the schedule of flights and departures starting tomorrow according to their request. We urge the public to check with the airlines for their flight tonight and tonight.
We thank the traveling public for their patience and tolerance.