"The matter is simple. Ultimately, this should not have happened. This was a wildcat and unjustified strike, even though Pinchas does not call it a strike," Marom said.

Yiftah Ron Tal said the chaos caused by the Ben-Gurion Airport strike was unjustified, calling the move "bullying and intolerable behavior."

Union chief Pinchas Idan reportedly tells labor court that the IAA had been breaching airport employees' rights, including by routinely requiring 12-hour days, six days a week