Residents of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip failed to heed a call for a general strike and demonstration broadcast by Amman radio Friday on the first anniversary of Israel’s retaliatory attack on the main El Fatah base at Karameh, Jordan, on March 21, 1968. The strike call was announced by the Committee for the Rescue of Jerusalem “to symbolize the Arab peoples’ determination to continue the struggle against Zionist occupation.” An Israeli spokesman said the Jordanian incitement had failed but noted that high winds and torrential rains that pounded the country over the weekend may have been the main factor discouraging demonstrations.
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