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Israel: Calls for a shutdown of the economy: At 11:30 a meeting will be held with the chairman of the Histadrut, attended by representatives of the families of the abductees and senior figures in the economy including Harel Wizel, Dov Kotler, Adi Sofer Tani, and Gil Agmon. According to sources close to Arnon Bar-David, he does not intend to declare a general strike at this stage


The chairman of the Histadrut, Israel's General Federation of Labor, is Arnon Bar-David.