Word: nablus
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...wild retribution. "He was like a rock," says Uri Dromi, director of the government press office. "He never lost his calm, never raised his voice. He listened to everyone, and then he said, 'Please, let's not waste time. If we return to Gaza, then what? If we reoccupy Nablus, then what? Please, give me viable suggestions...
Israel and Syria agreed to renew their peace negotiations on Dec. 27. The talks, which broke down last summer, could lead Syria to recognize Israeli sovereignty and security in exchange for the Golan Heights. Also, Israel pulled out of Nablus, the largest town in the West Bank, 48 hours ahead of schedule in order to prevent confrontations with Palestinians...
Clashes between Israeli soldiers and and Palestinians just a week before the Israeli army is to pull out of the West Bank town of Nablus have put a crucial phase of the Israel-PLO autonomy agreement in doubt. Thursday, troops fired tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades at the Fatah Hawks after Ahmed Tabouk, head of the Palestinian gang, led armed followers through the town firing hundreds of bullets into the air and hurling stones at passing Israeli military vehicles. TIME's Jamil Hamad reports from the West Bank: "These protests will continue because it is no longer...
...have been killed by Palestinian radicals bent on wrecking the settlement. In the same period, 195 Palestinians have died at the hands of Israelis. Many of them too were innocent civilians, such as 14-year-old Mohamed Abed Ghani, who died last week in the West Bank city of Nablus when Israeli soldiers fired into a crowd of students who were jeering at them...
...first major challenge to Arafat's authority will come from the Hamas strongholds around Nablus and Hebron, the second will come from East Jerusalem. The one thing Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin may have in common is their age. And when observers consider the next generation of Palestinian leadership, they look less to the group in Tunis than they do to Faisal al-Husseini, Sari Nusseibah and other West Bank establishment figures. They too have developed influence and authority within the territories in Arafat's absence. If Arafat is slow to deliver on his promises or seems unable to govern...