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The Israeli Cabinet, toughening its economic austerity program despite widespread protests, ordered more layoffs of public employees as officials and union leaders met to avert a general strike. The Cabinet last week suspended the firing of 10,000 civil servants to smooth negotiations with the giant Histadrut trade union federation, which had threatened a nationwide strike. But the Cabinet reimposed the layoffs, broadening the order to include about 12,000 of 400,000 public workers.
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