January 17, 2002

Israeli tank on the outskirts of Zababdeh.

The English teachers were planning to head down to Nablus to see the resources at the British Council Library. Last night, the Israeli Army reinstated closure measures on Nablus, Jenin, and other cities. This meant cancelling the visit to Nablus, but it also probably means absent students and teachers in the coming weeks. When we originally decided to go to Nablus, the caveat of "we'll have to see about the situation" was introduced - seemingly unnecessarily at the time. Living here throws caveats into everything.