Netanyahu Calls Peretz 'World Champion of Strikes'

Contender for Likud chairmanship MK Binyamin Netanyahu introduced his political rival Labor Chairman Amir Peretz on a Sunday meeting of the Israel Business Conference by saying "the next speaker, who arouses compassion, is Amir Peretz - the world champion of strikes."

Netanyahu continued by noting the 606 strikes carried out during the last ten years, saying that came out to roughly a strike per week. The former finance minister figured that meant 15 million workdays were lost, and over NIS 16.5 billion.

He continued to attack Peretz, claiming that Israel led the world in strikes, "thanks to the world champion of strikes [Peretz], who is to speak here after me." Netanyahu noted that Israel's top position in the amount of strikes beat Italy, the second-place holder, by seven times.

Amir Peretz, the new opposition leader, is good at one thing-shutting the country's economy