Workers from the City of Bnei Brak's Sanitation Department
decided to clean up the city before Shabbos as a gesture to
city residents.
Genial meetings were held between Mayor Rabbi Yissochor
Frankentahl and Mr. Avi Glili, chairman of the Bnei Brak-
Ramat Gan District Histadrut, in an effort to bridge the gap
between the two sides and find an amenable solution.
Twenty fires were listed the previous night in the Bnei Brak
Fire Station logbook. The firefighters spent all night
extinguishing fires set to trash piles throughout the
city.
After municipal workers went on strike due to unpaid salaries
large amounts of rubbish accumulated quickly. The fire
station also received calls to put out brushfires in the
city. As a result of the rubbish fires some of the city
streets were blocked temporarily.
