May 1st parade.

The Histadrut Workers Union put on its biggest-ever May Day parade in Tel Aviv with thousands of singing and dancing blue-shirted youngsters giving the city a carnival atmosphere. There were large crowds of bystanders, with estimates ranging 150,000 to 250,000 as police declined to set an official figure. The procession, led by 1,000 boys and girls carrying national and red flags took two hours to…