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Struggling to survive without salaries, Palestinians make do with less 

Buying on credit. Selling gold dowries. Forgoing tobacco and other small pleasures.

With their salaries weeks overdue and savings depleted, Palestinian families are finding creative ways to survive the Hamas-led government's deepening financial crisis. . . .

The financial crunch follows the January legislative election victory of Hamas, an Islamic militant group sworn to Israel's destruction. After the new government was sworn in last month, the Palestinian economy, already battered by five years of fighting with Israel, took a turn for the worse. . . .

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