An Israeli court plans to rule Friday on whether to block an ongoing strike by public sector workers seeking higher wages. The strike has halted garbage pickups in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa, closed Ben-Gurion Airport briefly earlier in the week and stopped ships from entering port.
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