Israeli chicken farmers have been a strike recently to demand more government subsidies due to the increased cost of raising chickens.

Since Sunday, they have been vowing not to sell even one egg until the government allows them to raise the prices, arguing that the price hike of chicken feed is making them work almost for free.

"For now, all the markets and wholesalers have full stock, but on Tuesday there will be a shortage of eggs in the market, and that is when the Israeli public will really feel the strike," Yossi Elmaliah, head of the Egg section at the Chicken Farmers organization, told Xinhua.

The egg growers are protesting what they believe is a failed promise made to them by the government to convene and review the price of eggs. Though the government subsidizes egg production, they complain that they cannot raise prices on their own, but depend on the authorities for doing so.

"The committee that oversees prices hikes in the Agriculture department told us that they would look into the matter after October holidays (Jewish New Year and Yom Kippur), and we accepted it. Now it's November and they still haven't reviewed it. Since we cannot afford, literally, to continue working like this, we have decided to go on strike," Elmaliah said.

Chicken farmers are convinced that the upcoming elections in January are behind the authorities' decision to ignore their pleas.

"They're afraid to raise the prices, after the hike in fuel and dairy products, it's election time and the government doesn't want to do anything to upset the public, especially after last year protests," Elmaliah said.

On Monday, all of the Israeli supermarkets were fully stocked with eggs, while most Israelis were oblivious of the looming egg shortage.

"I haven't given it a lot of thought, to be honest. If they raised the price of other basic items in such a way, then I'd just buy whatever I need to survive, as a way of protest," Adam S., a 30-year-old man told Xinhua, while shopping at a Tel Aviv grocery.

A committee of the Agricultural ministry convened on Monday afternoon to find a solution to this crisis.

"I believe we will find a solution for this tonight, we've been discussing it the entire day," a ministry official who belongs to the committee told Xinhua.

Last summer, hundreds of thousands of Israelis hit the streets to protest the high cost of living.

Only three months before the general elections, Israeli parties are focusing their campaign on curbing the price hikes and improving the welfare of the citizens. The cabinet unanimously approved a plan two weeks ago to battle sharp price hikes by food manufacturers and importers.