Word: nablus
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...Arab state, and their standard of living surpasses that of their cousins in Egypt, Syria or Lebanon. Yet even West Bankers who remember that they were also second-class citizens under Jordanian rule between 1948 and 1967 remain bitterly opposed to their Israeli overlords. Says the Arab mayor of Nablus, Bassam Shaka'a: "If I could communicate with the world, I would shout 'We want our freedom! We want to feel like human beings! We want to live like other people...
...isolate the major Arab centers of population. Example: in the Latrun finger, a spit of land that juts out between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, the Arab villages of Beit Nuba, Emmous and Yalu, with all their 1,800 houses, were bulldozed to the ground. East of the present Jerusalem-Nablus road, meanwhile, the Israelis are linking their major settlements overlooking the Jordan Valley with a new two-lane highway called the Allon Road (named for Israel's present Foreign Minister). The road clearly defines the West Bank areas that Israel intends to keep...
...life of our people there have been three turning points: the establishment of the state of Israel, the Six-Day War, and now the assumption of power by nationalists. We represent the people. Most do not want to give back any piece of Judea and Samaria." In answer, Nablus' Mayor Shaka'a warns: "Each settlement creates more hatred. If Begin makes more new settlements, there will be more hatred still...
...blocking traffic with flaming tires. Army officials insisted that their soldiers had merely fired warning shots. Arab leaders charged that the deaths-which raised the total in West Bank uprisings since February to ten-had been caused deliberately. Curfews were clapped on five Arab cities-including Hebron and Nablus-and at least one refugee camp. Arab politicians, including ones who gained office in last month's anti-Israel municipal-election returns, charged the pacifying forces with storm-trooper tactics. Said Elias Freij, mayor of Bethlehem: "People are fed up with the Israeli occupation and they want an immediate...
...stone Ramallah mosque, demonstrators sympathetic with the outlawed Palestine Liberation Organization appeared, waving P.L.O. flags and a banner reading NO SETTLEMENT IN PALESTINE. In many other West Bank towns, villagers angered by the Gush Emunin march set up roadblocks of flaming tires and threw rocks at Israeli troops. In Nablus, Israeli soldiers opened fire on rioters, killing one Palestinian and wounding nine others...