Tel Aviv, Israel - Ben Gurion International Airport Empty Due to Strike

Tel Aviv, Israel - Both arrivals and departures halls at Ben Gurion International Airport lay empty as the general strike of the entire public sector in Israel  began in the morning hours after negotiations between union leaders and Finance Ministry officials could not reach an agreement.

An American tourist who arrived with his tour group at the airport only to find an empty hall, thinks that things could have been done differently. "Everything here is ridiculous. It's all too governmental. If the things would have been thought through, this strike would not have been happening. These things are typical to Israel and this is the reason it looks the way it is," he said.