The crossing from Israel into Gaza is always an unsettling experience. In a few hundred metres, you pass from an advanced hi-tech western state complete with generously watered municipal flower beds and lawns into an impoverished dusty enclave where the once-thriving economy has been thrust into reverse and where up to 80% of the population is dependent on humanitarian aid.
The vast Israeli border terminal at Erez echoes to the footsteps of a handful of people monitored by cameras and Israeli security personnel, protected by bullet-proof glass. The numerous metal turnstiles clang, breaking the silence.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/08/gaza-live-stories-from-the-border?CMP=twt_gu
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