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If uncertainty persists, recent developments offer another option: Ask the time. Since the end of Ramadan, clocks set in territory controlled by Fatah are one hour ahead of clocks in territory controlled by Hamas. That means when it's 3 p.m. on the West Bank, it's 2 p.m. in the Gaza Strip. It's a peculiarity of Palestinian politics that makes the leap into the absurd on a Gaza City boulevard named Arabic Countries University Street. There, two tertiary institutions share a single block. Islamic University and Al Azhar University stand side by side, separated by one wall and, for the last week, 60 minutes.
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Read more: http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/09/09/two-different-oclocks-on-one-gaza-street-cant-we-all-just-get-along/#ixzz1XaA0SHvE