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Hana Salah is a Palestinian journalist who focuses on financial, business, agricultural and development issues. She has a master's degree in economic development from the Islamic University of Gaza. She has written for Palestinian newspapers, the LA Times, Al Jazeera, Turkey's Anadolu News Agency and developmental organizations. On Twitter: @HanaSalahGaza
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![An elderly Palestinian walks through a cemetery in Hebron, with in the background an old market building along al-Shuhada Street that was designated by Israel to be a new settlement, with existing settler buildings behind, West Bank, Jan. 28, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2021-04/GettyImages-1197018406.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=N2YDM0xo)
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