Show 9 10— Th Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday August 29 1996 kWorldf&INdtlohl 1 Arafat c RAMALLAII West Bank (AP) — Mowrag a united front against Israel's hard-lin- e government Palestinians jaged a general strike today in the West Bank Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem to protest the planned expansion of Jewish settlements The strike called by Yasser Arafat and observed by nearly aU 2 million Palestinians in the area also was seen as a warning that Palestinians would no longer put up with what they see as Israelis in peace talks The strike -Tfkstordered by Arafat since the start of Palestinian self-ruin May 1994 — closed shops and schools and halted transportation in the region le puted east Jerusalem The apartments r curb on settlement would end a four-yea- Arafat’s security forces — came in expansion in the West Bank Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordcchai this week approved building 2JOOO new homes in West Bank settlements Israel radio reported today Palestinians also have become lvpt-ingl-y bitter about Netanyahu’s refusal to meet with Arafat and his failure to commit himself to an overdue troop rollback from Hebron the last West Bank city under Israeli controL new apartments in the Jewish settlement Palestinian legislator Hanan Ashrawi described today’s protest as “the first peace process "It’s our battle for Jerusalem and I think it is now or never” said Abed Nasser Adin among some 90 percent of shopkeepers in the West Bank town of Hebron to observe the strike foot-draggi- he of Kiryat Sefer and Tuesday's demolition of a Palestinian youth center in dis- The action had little impact on the Israeli economy but provided a boost for Arafat increasingly criticized at home for foiling to get Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to budge on the Arafat’s strike call — which some seemed to be heeding under pressure by response to Israeli plans to build 900 Farrakhan can’t take Libyan donation step to bring to the attention of the Israelis and the rest of the world that we have a serious problem here” In Gaza City where Arafat’s office is located streets were empty of traffic and shopkeepers sat along the roads Children stay ed indoors la the West Bank town of Ramallah where most shops remained closed members of Arafat’s security forces patrolled the business districts coaxing those who defied the strike to close "All the different factions used id! make decisions together but it isn't lik!4 J! that anymore” he said Arafat’s strike call came Wednesday!' during his harshest attack yet or Netanyahu’s government "They declared war on us” he said Netanyahu responded angrily saying Israel takes "a very grave view” of what j he called aa attempt to escalate violate and harm the peace process As rhetoric between the would-b- q j peace partners grew Khalil Shikakij director of an independent Palestinian think tank in the West Bank warned the threat of violence is "very serious and very present” down One man who identified himself only as Jamal opened his butcher shop anyway saying Arafat’s strike was A Fall Filled With Style WASHINGTON (AP) — IhC v ' federal government denied Nation of Islam leader Louis Far-" rakhan permission Wednesday to accept a promised $1 billion gift from Libya to help American blacks economically and politically Accused of supporting global terrorism Libya for years has been under US sanctions that ' bar most financial transactions between the two countries and limit travel Farrakhan had applied last week to the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control asking that he be granted an exemption from the nngrtpna to permit acceptance of the $1 billion pledged by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during a visit Farrakhan made to Libya in January- Late Wednesday the Treasury Department denied that request in a message to Fanakhan’s lawyers in Chicago asserting the continuing need of the United States to gs&tems&p! 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