WEST BANK (Ma'an) -- A public transport strike paralyzed Palestinian cities, towns and refugee camps across the West Bank on Monday, as popular action against rising living costs continued.
Many schools reported that students and teachers were unable to reach class, and main roads were quiet as buses, taxis and trucks held protest actions in West Bank cities.
According to Nasser Younis, head of the West Bank union of public transport, more than 24,000 drivers are on strike.
Younis told Ma’an that the union would meet later Monday to discuss future moves, and warned of more protests that if the Palestinian government does not comply with the drivers' demands.
Demonstrations erupted across the West Bank over the past week, protesting the rising prices of basic commodities including fuel.
An onlooker in Bethlehem, Muhammad Riziq, said that seeing streets empty except for rocks and burning tires brought back memories of the first Palestinian intifada in the late 1980s. more
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