Besides mass protests to contend with, Israel faces the risk of its public sector being crippled. The head of Israel’s main public sector union said he would meet with other union officials to discuss the possibility of declaring a “general labor dispute in the economy,” which they would activate “if necessary until a complete shutdown is achieved.”
The two countries had recalled their ambassadors in 2018, after Israeli forces killed several Palestinians protesting against the U.S. moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
