WEST BANK: ARAB SHOPKEEPERS CALL 24-HOUR STRIKE IN PROTEST AGAINST ISRAELI-IMPOSED GOODS TAX.

Record ID: 342094

  • Title: WEST BANK: ARAB SHOPKEEPERS CALL 24-HOUR STRIKE IN PROTEST AGAINST ISRAELI-IMPOSED GOODS TAX.
  • Date: 2nd August 1976
  • Summary: 1. GV PAN Few people in near-empty streets of Nablus 0.10 2. SVs Shops boarded up (3 shots) 0.30 3. GV PAN Israeli troops drive post in jeep 0.40 4. GVs PAN Troops running across street (2 shots) 0.50 5. SV Troops with machine gun in jeep PAN TO deserted streets 0.56 6. SV & GV Youths throwing stones at Israeli troops (2 shots) 1.09 7. LV PAN Flaming tyre rolled across street and into shop doorway 1.18 8. SV Firemen dowse flames 1.30 9. GV PAN Smoke over streets of Nablus 1.36 Initials BB/2305 EUROVISION TELERECORDING Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 17th August 1976 13:00
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  • Location: NABLUS, WEST BANK OF THE JORDAN
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVACN5SU6SRLWNO2RR79DNHJ4Q0T
  • Story Text: Arab shopkeepers in the occupied West Bank of the River Jordan called a 24-hour strike on Sunday (1 August). They were protesting against the imposition by Israel of a sales tax on retail goods.

    SYNOPSIS: Few people were on the streets of the town of Nablus when the strike started. Visitors to the area said many shops had opened in the morning but closed a few hours later after being urged to do so by groups of young Arabs. The shops were boarded up and locked as a precaution against possible violence on the streets.

    Israeli troops and police were alerted but apart from a few isolated incidents of stoning by Arab youths there was little evidence of the violence that had rocked the West Bank area earlier this year. Most of the violence had been caused by a number of Israeli settlements set up in the occupied territory. The most recent disturbances have been caused by the imposition of the new tax. Israel adopted an eight per cent value added tax (VAT) on 1 July and decided to extend it to the West Bank because of the extensive trade between the two sides. West Bank residents claim Israeli regulations should not be applied to them since they consider themselves governed by Jordanian law. Israel captured the territory from Jordan in 1967.

    Youths set up barricades of stones in the streets of Nablus and burned tyres, as they also did in similar demonstrations in the nearby towns of Tulkarem and Jenin. But there were no reports of major clashes with Israeli security forces.
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