A general strike for the Jordanian lawyers in solidarity with the uprising

The Jordanian Bar- association will hold a general strike today "in denunciation of the ugly crimes committed by Israel against the Palestinians and in support of al-Aqsa Intifada" which is in its 11th month in confrontation of the Israeli practices.

The Board of the associaion decided to obseve this general strike today, in that lawyers will stop to debate their cases before the courts all through the day.

This strike comes in implementation of the decision taken by the Arab bar association to this effect and circulated by members Arab bar associations.