Today, Tuesday, the 1948 territories witnessed a general strike to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa uprising, in response to the call of the Higher Follow-up Committee for Arab Citizens.

The Follow-up Committee called on "all our people to make the general strike a success, on the anniversary of the Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa uprising, so that it would be a unified and resounding strike and a peaceful political stance loyal to the memory of the martyrs, in the face of war crimes and the war of crime that is raging in our society."

The committee also announced a visit to the shrines of the martyrs of the Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa uprising.

The uprising broke out on October 1, 2000, in response to the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards by extremist Ariel Sharon, accompanied by hundreds of soldiers and occupation police officers.

At that time, 13 Palestinians were killed: Rami Gharra from Jatt al-Muthallath, Ahmad Siam Jabarin from Muawiyah, Muhammad Jabarin, Musleh Abu Jarad from Umm al-Fahm, Wissam Yazbek, Iyad Lawabneh, and Omar Akkawi from Nazareth, Muhammad Khamaisi from Kafr Kanna, Ramez Bishnaq from Kafr Manda, Imad Ghanayem, Walid Abu Saleh from Sakhnin, Alaa Nassar, and Aseel Asla from Arabeh.