A couple hundred Palestinians are protesting against new coronavirus restrictions in the West Bank city of Hebron.
In response to a stark rise in coronavirus infections, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced on Sunday that four PA governorates — including Hebron — would return to total lockdown on Thursday.
Coalitions of business owners have warned for weeks that they would oppose a return to total lockdown on economic grounds.
Demonstrators may have been emboldened by remarks Hebron mayor Tayseer Abu Sneineh made earlier today to a Palestinian radio station opposing the lockdown, saying no one in Hebron had been consulted on the matter.
Abu Sneineh said the lockdown has “enormous and destructive dimensions. It will have social repercussions. It may even open the path to compromising civic peace.”
Demonstrations against government policies are unusual, but not unheard of, in PA-controlled areas.
— Aaron Boxerman
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