Word: nablus
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...also trying to insure it fortifies any potential vulnerable points. The government ordered chemical plants in Haifa to lower their stocks, lest a lucky strike cause damaging fallout. Two Palestinians were arrested this week on suspicions they intended to carry out suicide bombings, and the West Bank city of Nablus has seen fierce clashes between IDF soldiers and militants suspected of planning attacks on Israel. Defense Minister Amir Peretz ordered both the West Bank and Gaza - where fighting against Hamas and other militants continues unabated - completely sealed until at least Saturday. Furthermore, Israeli intelligence is concerned Hizballah might...
...into realists. They realize Palestinians will never drive Israelis into the sea and that their best hope is for separate Israeli and Palestinian states to live side by side as wary neighbors. It is a sober appraisal that, according to a recent poll by the An-Najah University in Nablus, is shared by 79.8% of Palestinians...
...checkpoint between the two cities, and we were cleared to pass as soon as the driver told the soldiers in Hebrew that we were American. We reached Ramallah in less than an hour—in stark contrast to the three hours it took to travel from Ramallah to Nablus (a distance of 30km) two days later...
...security. When we drove from Ramallah to Tel Aviv (departing for Cairo), we were stopped only once as soldiers merely glanced at our American passports. In other words, we traveled from Ramallah to the capital of Israel with no obstacle, yet it took us three hours to travel to Nablus, and nearly an hour to walk through the humiliating Qalandiya terminal to get from Jerusalem to Ramallah. Israel has built a wall not to keep others out, but to keep the Palestinians imprisoned within; it is a manifestation of sheer domination. The wall snakes through the West Bank perforating...
...picture of Nablus became clearer as dusk descended on Dupont Circle. Nabulsis were locked in their city, unable to commute to other cities for jobs and leisure. Most youths were unemployed, and therefore occupied themselves in illegal, worthless activities. Disillusionment with Fatah and its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, was ubiquitous. Mahmoud Abbas had promised reforms, but nothing had changed. The roads were broken, electricity was erratic, and jobs were scarce. Thus, amidst the despair, rose Hamas...