RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - JULY 10: A Palestinian customer sucks on a hookah water pipe in the Stars & Bucks Cafe in Manara Square on July 10, 2007 in the centre of Ramallah, the West Bank's most cosmopolitan Palestinian city. The cafe, with its name and logo seemingly similar to the Seattle-based international Starbucks chain, offers its customers a mix of West and Middle East; from free wireless access for laptop computers and Italian cappuccino to water pipes and Arabic coffee. The West Bank is expected to enjoy a financial kick start as the 500 million shekels (US$119 million) of tax funds Israel recently released to the new Palestinian government works its way through the economy. Getty Images logo Getty Images 59 months ago

RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - JULY 10: A Palestinian customer sucks on a hookah water pipe in the Stars & Bucks Cafe in Manara Square on July 10, 2007 in the centre of Ramallah, the West Bank's most cosmopolitan Palestinian city. The cafe, with its name and logo seemingly similar to the Seattle-based international Starbucks chain, offers its customers a mix of West and Middle East; from free wireless access for laptop computers and Italian cappuccino to water pipes and Arabic coffee. The West Bank is expected to enjoy a financial kick start as the 500 million shekels (US$119 million) of tax funds Israel recently released to the new Palestinian government works its way through the economy.

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