For those of you watching the news and worrying...

Everything is fine here in Nablus. The West Bank and Gaza are separated by Israel and are run by two separate governments, which are treated and regarded separately by Israel and by the world at large. Life is here just going on as usual. In fact, irony of all ironies, today is actually Palestinian Independence Day (despite the obvious lack of an independent Palestinian state). And for those of you not watching the news, for whom this post makes no sense, read this.