US company Intel will stop employing Jewish workers at its Jerusalem plant on Saturdays, following a large protest rally by Orthodox Jews, reports say.

Under a compromise deal, Intel will only employ 60 non-Jewish staff on Sabbath – the Jewish day of rest, the reports in Israeli media suggest.

The deal was reportedly agreed at talks led by Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin. Intel has so far made no comments.

Last week, about 1,000 Orthodox Jews protested at Intel's Jerusalem office.

Intel, the world’s biggest maker of computer chips, ringed its offices with barbed wire before Saturday’s rally. There were no reports of violence.

via BBC NEWS | Middle East | Intel in Jerusalem ‘Sabbath deal’.