West Bank on strike against Israeli death penalty law

In the Palestinian territory's main cities of Hebron, Ramallah, and Nablus, most stores were closed with their shutters down at midday, AFP journalists reported. Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas' Fatah party had called for a general strike the previous day. In Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority north of Jerusalem, entire shopping centres were closed as well as the city's main market. About 150 people gathered to march against the law backed by Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.