Nablus Palestinian man treated at Hadassah Hospital

Published on February 25, 2013

A Palestinian wounded in a clash with Israeli soldiers and settlers near the Palestinian West Bank city of Nablus was taken for treatment to Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem.

Palestinian woman caught preparing terror attack

Published on March 6, 2012

A Palestinian woman caught carrying a large knife near the security fence of a West Bank settlement said she was planning to carry out an attack.

Attacks by radical settlers on Israeli army spark debate

Published on December 19, 2011

Charred tires and boulders pushed to the sides of the road leading to Yitzhar, a West Bank Jewish community near Nablus, were among the signs that residents had made an effort to prevent Israeli soldiers and police from entering the settlement.

Jerusalem mosque torched as rightists clash with police

Published on December 14, 2011

Israeli right-wing activists clashed with police in Jerusalem, after a mosque in the capital city was targeted by arsonists.

Israeli man killed during visit to Joseph’s Tomb

Published on April 24, 2011

One Israeli was killed and at least four injured during a visit to Joseph's Tomb near the West Bank city of Nablus.

Violent clashes erupt between Israelis, Palestinians near Nablus

Published on March 7, 2011

One Israeli and a number of Palestinians were wounded Monday when clashes broke out on land between a West Bank outpost and a nearby Arab village. The Israeli was lightly wounded when struck by a rock hurled by a Palestinian during the clashes, Israeli Radio reported. Of the Palestinian casualties, at least one was lightly wounded in his leg, apparently from a gunshot fired by Israeli security forces at the scene.

Give Peace a Shot

By Shira Kaplan
Published on February 2, 2006

Mahmud, 24, and I, met at a Moroccan falafel place near Dupont Circle on a surprisingly sunny December afternoon. I'd 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, talking with such sincerity 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 four years away living rather comfortably in the United States. The story I heard that sunny afternoon accounts for why Hamas won the Palestinian elections in such a landslide.

A Swift, Immediate Reaction

By Avi Davis
Published on September 13, 2001

Watching the second tower of the World Trade Center crumble into dust on Tuesday, I was able to imagine the horror of the survivors of the Titanic as they witnessed their vessel sink into the Atlantic Ocean. A symbol of human progress and ingenuity, a monument to economic strength and power, the Titanic was regarded as indestructible. So too the World Trade Center represented, more than any other edifice in the United States, America's sense of its own power and invulnerability. Rising more than 100 stories high, these towers once so effectively dominated the New York skyline that in the air they could be seen from 150 miles away. When a 1993 car bomb failed to destroy them, the sense of invulnerability may have also given way to a sense of complacency.