A staff strike has forced the closure of Israel's Ben Gurion Airport.

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A staff strike has forced the closure of Israel's Ben Gurion Airport.

Israel's largest international airport, Ben Gurion Airport, located on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, completely suspended operations today at 14:00 PM local time (Moscow time). This time, the reason was not threats of air strikes.

All incoming and outgoing flights were suspended due to a strike by airport staff organized by the airport's union. The Israel Airports Authority announced that all incoming flights had been cancelled, and departures would operate according to an updated schedule.

Following the workers' union's order to impose restrictions on Ben Gurion Airport operations, air traffic at the airport will be gradually reduced from 14:00 PM until landings are completely stopped.

The unscheduled strike coincided with one of the busiest periods at Ben Gurion Airport due to the holiday season. The union announced that staff will not return to work until at least 20:00 PM today. The strikers' demands have not been disclosed.

At the start of the strike, approximately 107 passengers were awaiting departure at the airport, and more than 610 flights were at risk of cancellation. In the first minutes of the strike, an Air France flight bound for Israel turned around and returned to France. A flight from Madrid to Tel Aviv, which had already reached Cyprus, turned back.

Less than an hour after the collapse at the airport began, the Israeli Ministry of Transport announced that the strike would end at 15:00 PM "following an agreement reached" with the unions. What the Ben-Gurion Airport employees achieved remains unknown. The Israeli Ministry of Transport promises a thorough investigation and punishment for those responsible for the airport's shutdown during its peak period.
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  1. 0
    20 August 2026 15: 38
    The reason for the strike and what the trade unions are demanding from the employer remain unclear.

    A few more words off topic.

    I'd like to thank the entire community, both those who supported my opinion and those who downvoted it. I'd also like to express special gratitude to the online publication Military Review for providing its platform, as well as to the bots and their developers.

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    I wish you all good luck and success.
    Victory will be for Russia.
    Goodbye.
    1. +8
      20 August 2026 15: 41
      Goodbye.
      What happened? Were you the one who started the strike at the airport?
    2. +2
      20 August 2026 15: 45
      We are touched, dear Sergey from St. Petersburg!
    3. -1
      20 August 2026 16: 09
      Your goodbye gives me hope! Come back, the world is not as bad as they paint it. hi
    4. 0
      20 August 2026 16: 43
      Quote: ssg.spb
      Victory will be for Russia.

      And who else?
      Russia's victory is already in the fact that Orthodoxy has begun to awaken within it, causing demons like the Pugalykins, Shenderovichs, Gozmans, Venediktovs, and Chubais to flee to their Satan. But not all of them yet... I await a second exodus of oligarchic demons from Russia. Yes
    5. +4
      21 August 2026 02: 36
      What's so hard to understand? They're Jewish jerks. Working in such hellish heat on concrete that's as flat as a table is a scorcher. And these "generous" people don't pay a decent wage, and that's the whole reason—basic Jewish greed. This is despite the fact that the chief accountant of this abomination receives a salary of 5 million shekels a month. And a loader barely makes 10,000. Even drivers don't want to work there. Plus, the union is just a sinecure, a sham, and its leaders couldn't care less about the problems of ordinary workers. That's the whole reason.
    6. 0
      22 August 2026 15: 18
      -The reason for the strike is still unclear,
      They require an increase in staff, first and foremost.
  2. 0
    20 August 2026 15: 50
    And so the fun finally reached the disciplined chosen ones. Characteristically, without a single shot being fired.
  3. +3
    20 August 2026 16: 02
    The demands of the strikers, however, are not being disclosed.

    This is my take on the Israeli strike. There are demands, but I won't say them. Or I will, but not to you.
    1. +1
      20 August 2026 16: 22
      The demands there are clear. A staff shortage is demanding a sharp increase in shifts and higher wages. The issue is that they've carried out an illegal strike.
      1. 0
        21 August 2026 08: 18
        Quote: Pimply
        The requirements there are clear.

        Honestly, it's unclear. Anything could be going on there, and until there's an official announcement, it's all just rumors.
    2. +1
      20 August 2026 17: 30
      A purely Jewish approach: you give it to us, and we will tell you whether it meets our requirements or not.
  4. -1
    20 August 2026 16: 29
    Well done, bravo. I'm absolutely envious. I can only imagine what would have happened here... riot police, detentions, arrests...
    1. +1
      20 August 2026 16: 38
      They still have their whole life ahead of them :)
      Wait and see.
  5. 0
    20 August 2026 17: 02
    This is turning out to be an interesting topic.

    In Israel, where we've been bombarded with local propagandists' reports that nearly every Jew in the world is preparing to go to war with Iran, how can these same patriotic Jews just go on strike, ignoring the fact that the country is at war?!

    Something in Israel is not quite right, as local media would have us believe.

    After the IDF Chief of Staff's words in the Knesset that even such a large-scale (with volunteers) call-up of reservists does not ensure the army is filled with personnel, and if the situation does not improve soon, the IDF may disband. He said it directly - it may disband.

    In general, the discipline of Israeli citizens leaves much to be desired and it seems to me that their propaganda is seriously lying to us about their own losses.