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Article: Palestine forced to live in a harsh, split reality; The West Bank and Gaza Strip are divided geographically, economically and politically, and a single state seems increasingly remote, writes Scott Wilson.(Dispatches)
- Article from:
- The Sunday Independent (South Africa)
- Article date:
- March 18, 2007
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Ali Hussein is making money, placing the low-key sales manager in a small minority in economically depleted Gaza City.
The company he works for is the sole provider of video-conferencing equipment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the separate parts of an elusive Palestinian state whose connections today run mostly through broadband and cellphones.
More than 100 clients, including universities, trade associations and government ministries, have turned to him for links to the classrooms, offices and committee rooms in the West Bank they can no longer visit. “These two places should be one,” Hussein said. “In the meantime, there’s us.”
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