Nablus is stirring to life after Israel recently eased restrictions on movement in and out of the West Bank city, site of some of the heaviest fighting during the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, from 2000 to 2005.
But the people of Nablus have learned that economic revitalization and greater freedom can be fleeting.
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