Word: nablus
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Mahmud, 24, and I met at a Moroccan falafel place near Dupont Circle on a surprisingly sunny December afternoon. I guarantee that even if you looked carefully around the D.C. area, you would find very few “couples” like us—a Palestinian from Nablus and an Israeli from Herzliya, simply chatting for more than two hours, catching up on life. A week prior to our meeting, Mahmud had returned from a visit to Nablus, his hometown, after spending the past four years living rather comfortably in the United States. The story I heard that...
...best friends in Nablus are either masters of card games and snooker, or militia leaders,” Mahmud said. “Most of them, even those who graduated from university, are unemployed. All they do is sit around and play cards. Others who are bored with cards join the city gangs and take arms...
...understand what Palestinianlife might look like under Hamas, it's instructive to visit the home of Sheik Hamid al-Bitawi, high above the bustling West Bank town of Nablus. Al-Bitawi sits on the Islamic appeals court in the West Bank, the top court for all family-law matters in the region. Running as a Hamas candidate in legislative elections last month, he won a seat in the 132-member Palestinian parliament, part of a landslide victory for the militant Islamic group. Now religious conservatives like al-Bitawi find themselves in a position to promote social strictures that were...
ABDUL SATTAR KASIM Political scientist at An-Najah National University in Nablus Palestinians want to see an end to the corruption and chaos that we have felt for the past few years. There has been so much damage to the ethical and social fabric of our people that it's going to take time to rebuild. But Hamas is not going to work to the timetable of the international community--I mean Israel and the U.S. It has its own timetable and priorities. At the same time, I hope Hamas will not cut all threads to past negotiations. I hope...
...like fighting graft and getting a grip on the many Palestinian security organizations. "The international community wants to know what Hamas thinks about Israel and the U.S., but Hamas wants to work to its own timetable," says Abdul Sattar Kasim, a political scientist at An-Najah National University in Nablus. "They want to build a new Palestinian society. They're not going to talk about the road map. They're going to talk about the rights of Palestinian refugees. They're not going to talk about the security of Israel. They're going to talk about Palestinian security...