A general strike was called in East Jerusalem today to protest the impending expulsion of Nablus Mayor Bassam Shaka and his continued detention in jail. Although most shopkeepers ignored the strike this morning, they shut down later, apparently under pressure from bands of youths who roamed the streets to make sure the strike was enforced.
Arab youngsters at the Ibrahimlya School in East Jerusalem hurled rocks at passing vehicles until they were dispersed by police. School children stoned military vehicles in the West Bank town of Ramallah. A group of women led by Shaka’s wife. Annaya, held a hunger strike outside the Red Cross office in East Jerusalem. They were joined by delegations of women from Arab villages in Israel.
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