About ninety percent of Israel’s retail stores were closed today by their owners in protest against increased municipal business taxes levied on all sales.
Businessmen and the Retail Shops Association asserted that the Government had pledged itself, in its current retrenchment and austerity program, to freeze all taxes as a counterpart to price stabilization. The retailers asserted that the Government had the means to enforce its plan with local authorities, if it really wanted to do so.
Practically all shops, restaurants and cafes were closed in Tel Aviv and traffic was light. A similar situation prevailed in other cities and villages. The exception was Jerusalem, where a large number of shops, particularly food stores, opened as usual today.
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