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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Bethan McKernan and Quique Kierszenbaum in Shuweika, West Bank

‘It’s not a problem any more’: Israel’s increasingly porous West Bank fence

A Palestinian man crosses the broken separating barrier next to the Palestinian village of Shuweika, West Bank.
A Palestinian man crosses the broken separating barrier next to the Palestinian village of Shuweika, West Bank. Photograph: Quique Kierszenbaum/The Guardian

It’s 6am, and the espresso machine at an unusual new business enterprise is whirring.

Proprietor Mohammed set up his breakfast kiosk near the West Bank town of Shuweika three weeks ago, and so far trade is good: hundreds of people pass by every day on their walk to work, picking up bread, cucumbers and tomatoes as well as coffee and cigarettes.

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