Palestinians stop with their lorries near the crossing of the Israeli crossing Kerem Shalom during a protest against the Israeli decision to close the Karni crossing, in the southern Gaza Strip on March 07, 2011. The owners of transport companies staged a strike for work today at the Kerem Shalom crossing without entering any truck into the Israeli side since Sunday morning and this would not enter any goods from the Israeli side, an official at the Association of Private Transport said. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib