Three months of Israeli labor discord is over. Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Histadrut labor federation chief Amir Peretz signed a deal ending three months of strikes after the Treasury agreed to reverse some cuts to public spending planned in the 2004 austerity budget.
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