Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed his contentious judicial overhaul plan on after a wave of mass protests. The Israeli leader said Monday that he wants to give time
Departing flights from Israel's main international airport were grounded, and the country's largest trade union called for its 800,000 members in health, transit, banking and other fields to stop work.
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Immediately after the prime minister's statement, the head of the country's largest trade union said it would call off a general strike that threatened to grind Israel's economy to a halt.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a delay in his judicial overhaul plan on Monday, saying he wanted "to avoid civil war" by making time to seek a compromise.