for several days after violence flared again. and yet, only an hour's drive away, in the west bank city of ramallah, relative calm prevails and relative prosperity, at least by gaza standards. >> this is the home for many palestinian startups, and it's also the homfor qual-i.t. >> reporter: in an office sharing space thatould be at home in boston, new york, or palo alto, 27-year-old montaser amro runs a software firm he helped found last year. it can compete with anyone, sayf its i.t. cmohammed al- quaisi. >> the palestinian can do the software as piece of cake. >> reporter: amro has a somewhat less colloquial sales pitch. >> we have reliable internet, we have electricity 24 hours a day, we have people who go through five years of training to become i.t. engineers. >> reporter: and with a 50% unemployment rate in the west bank those.t. engineers come at a steep discount to the competition. >> in the united states, they'll probably charge $80 to $120 an hour. >> reporter: what about bangalore? >> india, we're talking about $20 to $25 an hour. inmalestine, we can do it f $10 to $15 an hou