AMMAN – Palestinians on Tuesday began a nationwide general strike to protest
Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
The
strike, which will see the closure of all economic, commercial and educational
establishments in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem,
Gaza and
the Palestinian villages and towns in Israel, as more than 200 people,
including 61 children, were killed and over 1,300 others were wounded in the intense
Israeli aerial and artillery attacks on the besieged enclave.
اضافة اعلان
According
to the Palestine News and Info Agency, Wafa, the strike is also protesting
settler-mob violence against Palestinians, the forced expulsion of Jerusalemites
from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, and days of aggression against
Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Calls
for the strike have been backed by various Palestinian political parties,
unions, syndicates, and popular movements, which published statements in
support of the move and urged the Palestinian people to take part.
The
strike has also received support from the Arab High Follow-up Committee, which
called upon the 1.6 million Palestinian citizens of Israel to observe the
strike.
Palestinians
worldwide are also expected to take part in peaceful protests, in condemnation
of the Israeli aggression.
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