Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank are choking the Palestinian economy

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1. Diegow: what's even more interesting is how this affects local trade - a guy I know said his father's butcher shop in Ramallah can barely survive with these constant delays
2. Noelvasquez: makes me wonder what would happen to daily life if those checkpoints just disappeared for a week or two
3. Karimfelix: reminds me of those traffic jams in old movies where the whole scene is just a bunch of extras stalled in their cars - this has nothing to do with filmmaking, but it

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