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A Palestinian woman smokes a water pipe as she checks the Internet at a cafe in Gaza City, Sunday, July 18, 2010
Monday, Jul. 19, 2010

Open quoteIf we wanted to make Gaza like the Taliban, then we could have done that very easily.Close quote

  • IHAB GHUSSEIN,
  • Hamas Interior Ministry spokesman, denying claims that Hamas rulers are trying to coerce Gaza residents into adopting a strict Islamic lifestyle, despite the organization's newest ban, which prohibits women from smoking hookahs in cafés
Photo: Tara Todras-Whitehill / AP | Source: AP