West Bank, Jordan and Lebanon support general strike to protest Israeli offensive in Gaza
This Monday, people in the West Bank, Jordan and Lebanon held a general strike demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which led to the closure of many businesses. The strike was announced by Palestinian activists on social networks and gained a large following in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, where shops, schools and official buildings were closed, local media reported. The call for a ‘Gaza Strike’ was initiated by the National and Islamic Forces, a coalition bringing together the main groups of Palestine, thus appealing to all Palestinians and their sympathizers around the world. “Al Manara Square, the usual site of anti-war demonstrations, was filled today with one of the highest turnouts we have ever seen,” Zein Basravi, a correspondent for Qatar’s Al Jazeera channel, said from Ramallah. said.