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Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/07/22/international0535EDT0477.DTL
Rush Hour on the Gaza Highway
(AP/San Francisco Chronicle) - Jill Lawless Since militant groups declared a temporary halt to attacks on Israelis three weeks ago, Israel has removed three checkpoints along Gaza's main north-south road, with yellow Mercedes Palestinian taxis, buses, and heavily laden trucks among the first beneficiaries. At one junction, Palestinian traffic speeds along the highway, while residents of a nearby Israeli settlement use a bypass road to and from their homes.