Restive Nablus challenges Fatah's Abbas.(WORLD)(Mahmoud Abbas)

The Christian Science Monitor | November 5, 2007| | Copyright

Byline: Joshua Mitnick Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

Nablus, West Bank -- Over the course of the second Palestinian intifada, this city became the West Bank's capital for car thefts, kidnappings, and suicide bombers.

Now, with 300 security officers from the Palestinian Authority (PA) freshly deployed around Nablus, the city has become a testing ground for an embattled Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas.

Analysts say that Mr. Abbas must prove to his American and Israeli supporters that he has the power to control this defiant ...

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