The strike in Israel is threatened by the court and the government

Several roads are blocked by protests and workers are on strike across the country.

On Monday, the Israeli court issued a decision to cancel the strike prematurely. The union has accepted the decision.

But the families of the Hamas hostages are not going to stop – and are calling on the people to continue protesting.

On Monday, protests continued in Israel as hundreds of protesters blocked roads and stopped traffic in several places. This is reported by Haaretz, among others.

Among the people during Monday’s protests are several relatives of people taken hostage by Hamas.

– There are six hostages who could have returned alive who were instead killed in captivity. We can’t see this happening again, says Ella Ben-Ami, who is out on the streets protesting.

“Want to show support”

Pictures from Tel Aviv show people waving the Israeli flag and relatives of the hostages holding signs with the following message:

“Take them home now”.

At the same time, the police have intervened against the protesters and three are said to have been arrested, according to Haaretz.

Some other people on the scene and demonstrating say they joined the protests to show support.

– I do everything to support these families and show that they are not alone, Ayelet told Haaretz.

At the same time, the Israeli court demands that the strike be called off during the afternoon at 2:30 p.m. local time. During the afternoon, the strike organizer, the union umbrella organization Histadrut, announced that they respect the court’s decision to end early.

“It is important to emphasize that the solidarity strike was an important effort and I stand behind it. Despite the attempts to present the solidarity as political, hundreds of thousands of citizens chose to vote with their feet,” said the organization’s chairman Arnon Bar-David in a statement according to the Times of Israel.

Despite the court’s verdict and the union’s decision, the association for the hostages’ relatives, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, urges the people to continue demonstrating.

“This is not about a strike, it’s about rescuing the 101 hostages abandoned by Netanyahu,” said the association’s representative.