Israel’s public sector went on strike to protest cuts in the 2004 budget. Some 50,000 workers, from ministry staffers to airport customs officers, went on strike Monday in an effort to thwart government plans to lay off as many as 2,000 of their colleagues in the coming fiscal year.
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