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Background: The Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (the DOP), signed in Washington on 13 September 1993, provided for a transitional period not exceeding five years of Palestinian interim self-government in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Under the DOP, Israel agreed to transfer certain powers and responsibilities to the Palestinian Authority, which includes the Palestinian Legislative Council elected in January 1996, as part of the interim self-governing arrangements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. A transfer of powers and responsibilities for the Gaza Strip and Jericho took place pursuant to the Israel-PLO 4 May 1994 Cairo Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area and in additional areas of the West Bank pursuant to the Israel-PLO 28 September 1995 Interim Agreement, the Israel-PLO 15 January 1997 Protocol Concerning Redeployment in Hebron, the Israel-PLO 23 October 1998 Wye River Memorandum, and the 4 September 1999 Sharm el-Sheikh Agreement. The DOP provides that Israel will retain responsibility during the transitional period for external and internal security and for public order of settlements and Israeli citizens. Direct negotiations to determine the permanent status of Gaza and West Bank that began in September 1999 after a three-year hiatus, were derailed by a second intifadah that broke out in September 2000. The resulting widespread violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Israel's military response, and instability within the Palestinian Authority continue to undermine progress toward a permanent agreement.




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NOT A BIRTHRIGHT, AN OBLIGATION CHARLIE WOOD It is quite proper to resist and attack a system, but to resist and attack its author is tantamount to resisting and attacking oneself. M.K. Ghandi Six-months after leaving the Middle East nightmares keep my memories fresh. Growing up religion served as a supportive community and moral compass in a world that many times seems to be spinning in all directions. This is one part of the story of my own experience growing up in a Jewish community, visiting Israel and Palestine, and that ever present moral compass. My first memories of Judaism c [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 21st 2009 | 245 Views | [diary=454774]


We started off Friday by driving down to the Sea of Galilee and along its banks to Tiberius. Tiberius was a Roman town named after the Emperor Tiberius, and it doesn’t actually have much to see. Mostly it was just driving through the town (not walking, because it was raining), though we did get to see an old Roman wall. We stopped for a latte (it seems we are going on a country wide latte tasting), and continued on. Our next stop was the old Jewish/Roman/Crusader town of Zipori. Zipori was originally a Jewish city, and it was occupied by the [View Full Entry]

Born to be Wild - Stephen Johnson | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 14th 2009 | 33 Views | [diary=453158]

The ammo factory
Tel Aviv
Jaffa

I’m looking back on my past two months here in Nablus, and I am simply stunned by how quickly time passed. I look back on former doubts- I almost stayed in Canada, and then I almost got sent Back to Canada when I arrived- I have a hard time believing that I almost threw it all out the window. The minute I arrived in Nablus, I was completely embraced by the locals. The minute I arrived at the center, I was completely embraced by the staff. How to phrase this without going cliché or cheesy? I’m taking with me at [View Full Entry]

trippin out - Stacey | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 23rd 2009 | 50 Views | [diary=421338]

Conspiring
Parade Day

Getting ready to leave Nablus and into the big, wide unknown my computer keeps telling me that the startup disc is full, whatever that means. I guess I'll have to figure out how to use the external hard drive I've been carrying around now. Today we finished off the last day of summer school with a water fight with our school's 200 darling Palestinian kids. The intended festivities quickly deteriorated into mass chaos and a stampede in which one kid fell over, hit his head on the stairs splitting it open and requiring 15 stitches. This was a sad continuation of [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 23rd 2009 | 61 Views | [diary=421534]

Dead Sea
Mountains at Dead Sea

So I woke up this morning, and took a service to work, as per the norm. The routine kind of subconsciously sinks in, making you feel incredibly settled and content. However, one should realize: Routine can be boring. Nablus, and the CSC for that matter, is far from boring. Thus, routine cannot exist in Nablus. To elaborate: I get into the center, and I’m met by the director’s daughter Fayrouz, who asks me if I ‘am coming, or not.’ Uh, I’m sorry, what? Well, I have learned that being completely unaware of what is happening sometimes leads to the [View Full Entry]

trippin out - Stacey | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 21st 2009 | 40 Views | [diary=420591]

Mohammed and Afnan
Mini Clock Tower
Audience

Yesterday was MADNESS. Literally, the most dangerous event that has occurred to me thus far in Palestine. And it had nothing to do with anything political, economic… not about human rights or civil society. It had to do with Dessert. Nablus is famous for its Kunafa, a ridiculously rich dish that, as my roommate and I have determined, is both sweet and savoury; insanely delicious but also kind of disgusting. It is vermicelli, with goat cheese, with sugar sauce; and I wouldn’t doubt if they slip some crack into these addictive bad boys. In any case, I have heard faint bu [View Full Entry]

trippin out - Stacey | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 21st 2009 | 84 Views | [diary=420601]

The Eye of the Storm
Photo 3
And the Table Falls

I don't have time for a comprehensive entry right now, but let's leave it at the following: 1) I was in a parade. 2) my brother got here, and I'm realizing that the level of ridiculousness of our conversations has increased. or is, at least, well outside the norm 3) we have been massively busy 4) we went to Ramallah and went to a bar with a swimming pool in it 5) we picked up my friend from Cairo and came back for an event of gladiatorial proportions 6) I was on Palestinian National TV. and not in a flattering light. [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 21st 2009 | 32 Views | [diary=420348]

Mini Parade
The Weirdest

By trippin out
July 16th 2009
CSC Stuff Middle East » Israel » West Bank » Nablus
I was talking to Samah, one of the program coordinators, about the image people have of the West Bank. “The rest of the world considers us a Third World Country. But, I mean, look around you. Does this seem like dire poverty to you?” And sure enough, it doesn’t. I must admit, I had an image of Nablus that involved a much more rural landscape. Far from the ‘camping in caves with Osama bin Laden’ image that some people have worriedly expressed. But Nablus itself has infrastructure, building, streets, even pedestrian walk lights (now and forever my indi [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 16th 2009 | 41 Views | [diary=419119]

I don't envy these girls
Cleaning
Coordinating

These are scant entries, but I'm mad busy with work here. Water Issues Among other things, the Israeli consumption of water is four to five times the Palestinian consumption rate. The settlements are seven to eight times the Palestinian consumption About 25% of the local communities go completely without water. I read a statistic the other day, saying that the average consumption among the Palestinians is 10-15 liters a day. That, I think was the average 5 years ago- I am realistic enough, and know enough about the situation now, to assume that it’s worse. In any case, 1 [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 9th 2009 | 47 Views | [diary=416756]

Fara'a Interrogation Center
Water Problems
Wadi Kana

I don’t know exactly how much everyone out there knows about the history of what are now the occupied Palestinian territories. Whew… let me think about this. The Palestinian issue is so freaking complex, how to summarize it? …it’s kind of like, well, you know how every Christmas (and this is a universal thing, ha), you excitedly unpack your decorations; only to find your string of lights is now a giant undecipherable ball of tangled mess? Poor analogy, but that’s kind of you can perceive this conflict. All of us who just finished the workshop are all on [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 5th 2009 | 72 Views | [diary=415309]

Old City
Wadi Kana
Refugee Camp


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