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| Paleo truck drivers end strike at Gaza checkpoint |
| 2011-03-12 |
| A Palestinian official declared on Friday that the Palestinian truck drivers have ended a one-week strike at the commercial crossing point of Kerem Shalom at southern Gaza-Israel borders. Gaza Transportation Association chairman Jihad Isleem said that the association called on the truck drivers to resume their work on Sunday after one week of general strike. He said, "We decided to halt the strike for 15 days after an agreement was reached with the coordination council for Gaza Strip associations to tackle the drivers' complains with both Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip authorities." One week ago, the Gaza Strip truck drivers stopped receiving and loading on their trucks goods which were imported through the Israeli-controlled crossing of Kerem Shalom. Their strike was to protest the closure of Karni commercial crossing point on the borders between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel. The drivers also demanded lower costs on shipment. "We received promises from the coordination council that our demands will be considered and the tight measures imposed on the drivers and the importers of goods will be eased," Isleem said. |
| Posted by:ryuge |