General Strike, Protests Erupt in Palestinian Towns Across Israel
(MENAFN) On Sunday, a general strike and day of mourning was observed in Palestinian towns throughout Israel in response to the killing of Dr. Mohammed Al-Osaibi by Israeli Police at the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Saturday. The strike involved workers from Arab local authority shops, the Arab public education system, and other facilities. The towns of Galilee, the Triangle, and the Negev were at the center of protests, with dozens of demonstrators carrying pictures of Al-Osaibi, waving Palestinian flags, and displaying slogans condemning the incident.
Mayor of Tamra, Suhail Diab, stated that the strike aimed to send a message that Al-Osaibi's killing constituted "a criminal operation against a doctor who was killed in cold blood by Israeli police bullets under false pretexts." He rejected what he said were Israeli police claims that Al-Osaibi had tried to grab an officer's gun and that there were no working security cameras in the area where the incident took place. Furthermore, he added that police body cameras had not worked.
Diab expressed disbelief that a doctor who completed his education outside the country and returned to serve his country was carrying weapons and firing. He urged Israel to admit that it killed Al-Osaibi in cold blood. Additionally, he joined Arab local authority leaders in calling on European countries not to receive far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.
Habis Al-Atawneh, head of Hura council in the Negev, described the "extreme anger" felt by people in the town prior to the start of Al-Osaibi's funeral. Protests were organized in the towns of Hura, Tamra, and Araba, with demonstrators expressing their outrage over the killing of the doctor. The incident has once again highlighted the tensions between the Israeli police and Palestinian communities, and the need for a resolution to the ongoing conflict in the region.
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