Word: nablus
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...Israel have American Jews been so fearful about the pressures on that country, and the feeling last week was decidedly anxious. "We feel we're back in 1947 with all that that implies," said Rabbi Miller. "It's not just a little piece of territory-Gaza or Nablus -that's involved. What's involved is the future of the Jewish state, its very existence...
...commando movement's problems is that its strength on the West Bank is unknown, or at least unproved. Probably for that reason, a rash of terrorist incidents broke out there last week. One grenade landed in the Jeep of the military governor of Nablus, Colonel Eliezer Segev, wounding him seriously; the Israelis accordingly imposed a curfew on the town of Nablus for the first time in four years. To the north near the town of Jenin, Israeli troops demolished five houses belonging to Arabs suspected of sabotage...
...Palestine, were determined to prevent, by terrorism if necessary, the elections that Israel is sponsoring as part of its program to "normalize" life on the West Bank. From Baghdad, Guerrilla Leader Yasser Arafat warned that "collaborators with Hussein in the new plan will be assassinated." Six frightened candidates from Nablus withdrew, including the leading contender for mayor, Hamdi Kanaan. He had had second thoughts after a nighttime visit from the fedayeen...
...bruising counter campaign on behalf of peaceful elections was mounted by Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, who frequently visits Arab communities in Israel and the occupied territories to hear complaints and settle problems. Dayan imperiously summoned the incumbent mayor of Nablus...
...ordered in additional troops to underline his warning and stifle the fedayeen. He also arrested the mayor's cousin-Hikmet Masri, a former speaker of the Jordanian Parliament-for suspected contacts with the guerrillas. At Dayan's order, Israeli soldiers refused to allow commercial traffic from Nablus to cross the Damiya Bridge over the Jordan River. That was a stunning blow to many merchants, who, despite the occupation, have been able to maintain prosperous traditional markets under the open-bridges policy of Israel and Jordan. Dayan later rescinded his traffic ban and released Masri. The town of Nablus...