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One of the unique features of entering Gaza from Egypt is that there is actually Hamas border control on the other side.
When people enter Gaza through the Israeli border crossing, you are stamped out of Israel, but there has never been (so long as I've been going, anyway) a Palestinian Authority border stamp when you entered Gaza.
Now, the Hamas-led government has its own Palestinian Authority entry stamp. (See above.)
As the Hamas border guards say: Welcome to Palestine.
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Checkpoint Jerusalem was written by Dion Nissenbaum, who covered the Middle East as Jerusalem bureau chief for McClatchy Newspapers from 2005 to 2009.
Nissenbaum is now McClatchy's bureau chief in Kabul, covering south Asia with an emphasis on Afghanistan. See his new blog at Checkpoint Kabul.
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