Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Arab Israeli group holds general strike over Gaza fighting, Jerusalem and ethnic unrest
Cars are blocking a road in the central city of Tira as part of a general strike called today by the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel.
The umbrella organization called the strike in protest of the fighting in Gaza between Israel and the Hamas terror group, the “assault” on Palestinians in Jerusalem — which has been a flashpoint amid tensions over the Temple Mount and Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood — and violent acts toward Arab Israelis amid ethnic unrest over the past week.
השביתה בחברה הערבית: תושבים חוסמים את היציאה מטירה
(אורלי אלקלעי) pic.twitter.com/Mvj85Tttlw— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) May 18, 2021