PALESTINIAN citizens of Israel launched a general strike yesterday after authorities bulldozed 11 homes in the city of Kalansua.

Tuesday’s demolition of the homes allegedly built without planning permission was ordered by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, it appears in retaliation for a High Court ruling ordering the demolition of homes in the illegal Israeli Amona settlement in the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Wafa news agency said the strike was called by the Higher Arab Follow-up Committee, which co-ordinates Israeli-Arab organisations.