Nablus
Nablus in the West Bank is the market center for a region where wheat and olives are grown and sheep and goats are grazed. Manufactures include soap made from olive oil and colorful shepherds' coats.
On September 13, 1993, the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat signed the Declaration of Principles, which outlined a six-year timetable for achieving permanent and comprehensive peace between Israel and the Palestinians. On May 4, 1994, Rabin and Arafat initialed an accord implementing the first stage of that agreement: self-rule for Gaza and Jericho under the administration of a Palestinian Authority (PA). On September 28, 1995, the Interim Agreement was signed, calling for a phased Israeli withdrawal from certain areas of the West Bank. By 1999, six West Bank cities (Nablus, Tulkarm, Ramallah, Jenin, Bethlehem, Qalqilyah) had been turned over to the PA.
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