Israeli port workers ended a strike that cost the country more than $1.5 billion. The Histadrut labor federation announced Thursday that the workers would return to work after Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to suspend for several months a plan to privatize Haifa, Eilat and Ashdod ports.
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