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Image: Palestinian customers are seen at the Herbawi home furnishings in the West Bank city of Jenin
** ADVANCE FOR STORY SLUGGED WEST BANK REBOUND ** In this photo taken on Saturday, July 4, 2009, Palestinian customers are seen at the Herbawi home furnishings in the West Bank city of Jenin. Middle-class matrons shop for imported furniture in a marble-and-glass emporium. "Transformers" is playing in a new movie house. Teens bop to a Danish hip-hop band performing on their high school basketball court. Life in the West Bank _ in sharp contrast to beaten down, Hamas-ruled Gaza _ has taken on a semblance of normalcy. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
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