Tag Archives: Nablus

Nablus: not allowed to visit Joseph’s Tomb!

Yesterday, while in Nablus, we went to Joseph’s Tomb – just on the edge of downtown Nablus, and near Balata and Askar refugee camps. There was no one else there as we parked next to the low white-washed domes. But there was a Palestinian Security post right across the streets. One soldier/policeman came with his [...]
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The upcoming Hamas-Fatah football match in Nablus

News of what is described as an imminent Hamas-Fatah football match in Nablus came via Twitter, and Tweets from journalists working for major TV organizations. It does sound like a great story. Im Zainab did a bit of intrepid field reporting on Saturday, and learned that the match will probably be played in early June, in Nablus. [...]
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This situation is dangerous…

YNet reported this tonight: “More West Bank violence: Two Israelis traveling on Hawara Road in the West Bank on Tuesday found themselves in the midst of a hail of rocks as nearby Palestinians pelted their vehicle with stones.  The two Israelis sustained light injuries, but were able to get out of the car and opened [...]
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IDF sets up expert committee to investigate Nablus-area shootings which killed four Palestinian teenagers

UPDATE: Tuesday 23 March 2010 — Haaretz is reporting that “The Israel Defense Forces’ chief prosecutor on Tuesday ordered the army to open an internal investigation into the circumstances that led soldiers to open fire and kill two Palestinian youth in the West Bank over the weekend. Major Avihai Mandelblit’s issued his order to [...]
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Two teenage Palestinians shot by IDF fire near Nablus – both die

Not long after UNSG BAN Ki-Moon was escorted by Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in security and relative luxury on a “brief” tour of the West Bank, to see settlements and The Wall, near Ramallah, two teenage Palestinians were shot by Israeli forces in the northern West Bank village of Iraq Burin, south of Nablus. One [...]
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It’s Friday – are these kids still being detained?

It was a busy night for IDF forces operating in the West Bank overnight on Wednesday: they conducted a number of raids, including the home of the PA security officer who stabbed and killed an IDF soldier at the Tapuah junction south of Nablus. Two brothers of the attacker were taken away for [...]
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What else happened here today?

(1). The Israeli Air Force attacked the Yasser Arafat International Airport in the Gaza Strip, very near the Kerem Shalom crossing at the tri-point where the boundaries of Gaza, Israel, and the Egyptian Sinai meet.  The only Palestinian airport has been out of commission since its runways were dug up and other damage caused following [...]
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