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Meet the generation of Palestinian division

Palestinian youth hope reconciliation will compensate for the dreams they lost as a result of the 10-year-long internal division.

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Smoke rises from burning tires as Palestinians shout during a protest in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 16, 2015. — REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Back in June 2007, Palestinian Ihab Abu Armanah, 18, was taking his national high school exams, the “tawjihi,” at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip amid an exchange of fire between Hamas and Fatah gunmen.

On June 14, 2007, Hamas took over Gaza, and the geographical division turned into a deep political division that resulted in clashes.

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