Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s mainstream Fatah faction called for a general strike Thursday in Hebron if Israeli troops do not lift the curfew there. It called for clashes with Israeli troops on Friday in response to the curfew, which was imposed last week after a Palestinian threw a grenade at Israeli troops. There have been almost daily clashes between the troops and Palestinian stone-throwers since the curfew was imposed.
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