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Exactly 30 minutes later, in the Arab industrial city of Nablus, 35 miles north of Ramallah, Mayor Bassam Shaka'a, 49, said goodbye to his wife Anaya and his son Nidal, 18. Ordinarily, Nidal performed the chore of starting up the engine on his father's battered 1966 Opel, which was parked in the family courtyard, but on this morning the youth was studying for his high school exams. As the mayor started the ignition and depressed the clutch, a bomb exploded, severing both of his legs. Nidal ran to the car, and cradling his father...
...might have been Jews and they might have been Arabs. It is a fact that Arabs kill Arabs in this country. But I do not exclude other possibilities. I say whoever did it perpetrated a horrible crime. And I do not say that Mr. Shaka'a [mayor of Nablus] is a friend of Israel. He is not. But he is a human being. And nobody is entitled to try to kill him. It is a horrible tragedy. But how can I say there is a Jewish underground if I do not have proof? If we find proof, we shall...
...mayors of Ramallah and Nablus were also threatened by the Israelis with expulsion from the West Bank if they talked to each other or to the press. Israeli officials said the mayors would be held responsible for any unrest in their towns. Censorship was imposed on East Jerusalem's Arabic newspapers, which are circulated throughout the West Bank...
...think it's ridiculous what Begin's doing." Theodore Mann, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, offers a slightly more reserved assessment: "A good many American Jews are offended by the settlement policy when, as in the cases of Hebron and Nablus, the settlements are not linked to Israel's security." One of the many U.S. Jewish leaders to express their objections directly to Begin, Mann comments that the Premier "listens to what we've got to say. I'm not saying, however, that he's moved by what...
...continuing frustration of the Palestinians' aspirations for national self-determination. Israel is the only possible exception to this; ongoing settlement of the West Bank, absorption of the West Bank electrical power system into Israel's, and continuing persecution of Palestinian political spokesmen (like Bassam Shak'a, Mayor of Nablus) may be seen as "decisive acts." Unfortunately, by telegraphing Israel's apparent intention of permanently retaining the West Bank (or at least of privileges there--to settlement, stationing of Israeli troops, etc.), these "decisive acts" render in advance any discussion of genuine political rights for the Palestinians utterly farcical...