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Whatever prompted Hamas and Fatah gunmen to set up checkpoints around Gaza? We thought Palestinians considered checkpoints like this one humiliating: Palestinian Fatah masked gunmen man a makeshift temporary checkpoint in a street in Gaza…

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February 4, 2007
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Whatever prompted Hamas and Fatah gunmen to set up checkpoints around Gaza? We thought Palestinians considered checkpoints like this one humiliating:

Palestinian Fatah masked gunmen man a makeshift temporary checkpoint in a street in Gaza City, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

The NY Times also took note of the checkpoint proliferation.

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