Sentence examples for the nablus from inspiring English sources

The city of Nablus is the muhfaza (seat) of the Nablus Governorate, and is governed by a municipal council made up of fifteen elected members, including the mayor.

Prime Minister Ehud Barak declared the Nablus situation "a gross violation by the Palestinian Authority".

The Nablus Muqata, the authority headquarters destroyed by the Israelis during the second intifada, is being rebuilt.

Wearing an oversized olive jacket provided by the military, Hussam was escorted by a soldier back to the Nablus side of the checkpoint.

Later he was held at the Nablus Central Prison, a Turkish-era building that served Israel before it served the Palestinian Authority.

In April, the prisoners in the Nablus prison heard the news that Israeli tanks were positioned on four sides of the city.

Now the Sairafi brothers say they are negotiating with the Nablus municipality to move the plane to a new park in the city, on the peak of Mount Ebal.

The dead included Nayef Abu Sharkh, 45, the Nablus leader of Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades, a faction loyal to the Palestinian leader, Yasir Arafat, said Palestinian officials in the city.

Construction on the Nablus-Jerusalem segment was interrupted by the outbreak of World War I, and the Nablus train station was largely destroyed during the Arab-Israeli war of 1948.

In 1723, the Ottomans appointed Salih Pasha Tuqan of the Nablus-based Touqan family to govern Gaza and two other sanjaks until his death in 1742.

The 7th (Meerut) Division's objectives were to attack and capture Deir Sheraf, Sebustiye and Burqa, while the 3rd (Lahore) Division's objective was to establish a position through Beit Udhen and Qusein commanding the Nablus-to-Deir Sheraf road.