West Bank security crackdown masks a growing bitterness
After seven years of hiding from the Israeli army in the narrow streets of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Abu Islam has traded his rifle and mask for an oven and an apron. The 39-year-old veteran of the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a group loosely tied to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fateh Party, now runs a bakery in the centre of town thanks to an amnesty agreement. Full Story