Old City shops shut by strike against Gaza op

Stores in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City are shuttered Monday afternoon as part of the Israeli-Arab community’s nationwide strike and day of mourning against Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip.

A large-scale demonstration in Nazareth is scheduled for this afternoon at 4 p.m.

Shops in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City are shuttered as part of a general strike protesting Operation Protective Edge in Gaza (photo credit: Sarah Tuttle-Singer/Times of Israel)
Shops in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City are shuttered as part of a general strike protesting Operation Protective Edge in Gaza (photo credit: Sarah Tuttle-Singer/Times of Israel)

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