May Allah Subhana wa Ta’ala accept our fast and prayers,
May Allah Subhana wa Ta’ala bless you and your loved ones, and
May Allah Subhana wa Ta’ala guide us, grant us protection, sabr, imaan and taqwa
Allahumma Ameen ya Rabbil ‘ Alameen
Ramadan Kareem wa As-Salaam ‘Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
رمضان كريم
تقبل الله طاعتكم
اللهم امين يا رب العالمين
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله و بركاته
Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim, Assalaam ‘ Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu wa Magferatuhu ikwaan wa akhawaat,
A personal note from occpal to all readers of this blog:
As you know the zionist entity is being ‘succesful’ for 64 years now in fooling the world or otherwise manipulating the minds, or just spreading lies to sustain the myths and hide the atrocities they commit against our brothers, sisters and the children in occupied territories and even abroad. Not only in Palestine, also outside as in many other places in the world brothers, sisters and the children live under oppression.
During this Ramadan I want to request some extra attention and effort of your part to ease or raise awareness for the suffering of the people living under oppression. Below some reminders from the Sunnah, of our duty as muslims towards all those suffering of violence and aggression:
Nu’man ibn Bashir (R.A.) the Prophet is reported to have said that
“The Muslims (the Ummah) are like the limbs of a man, where if the eye hurts the whole body feels pain and if the head hurts, the whole body feels pain and suffering.”
Related by Huzaifah (R.A.) the Prophet said:
“Whoever does not take an interest in the affairs and problems of the Muslims, he is not of them. And whoever’s state is such that, each morning and evening, he is not loyal and earnest to Allah, his Apostle, His Book, the Islamic ruler and towards the Muslims, as a whole, he is not of them.”
Related by Jabir lbn Abdullah (R.A.) that he said:
“I had taken a pledge at the hand of Rasulullah S.A.W. to observe Swallah (prayers), to pay Zakaah (charity due) and to be a sincere well-wisher of every Muslim.” The Fact that the Prophet S.A.W. took the pledge or promise from the companions, for being a sincere well – wisher of the Muslims together with that of observing Swalaah and Zakaah which are important pillars of Islam – shows the importance attached by him to the matter.
Anas (R.A.) reports that Rasulullah S.A.W. once said:
“I swear by the Holy Being in whose power my life is, any one of you cannot be a true believer unless he desires for his fellow-brother what he desires for himself.”
Abu Hurairah (R.A.) relates that the Prophet (S.A.W.) said:
“A Believer is a mirror to a fellow-believer and he is his brother, he removes his defect (or deficiency) and guards him from behind. (In cases where he is unaware etc.).”
It is related by Jareer Ibn Abdullah (R.A.) that the Prophet (S.A.W.) said:
“Those whose hearts are devoid of mercy for others, will not obain the mercy of Allah.”
May Allah Subhana Wa Ta’ala reward you for all our efforts for the ummah and accept them and guide us all. Allahumma Ameen ya Rabbil ‘Alameen.
Wa Salaam ‘ Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
Ramadan Kareem | رمضان كريم
… even under occupation.
… don’t forget your brothers and sisters, the ummah and Islam under siege
Photography
Continuous updates during Ramadan
- Ismail Haniyeh, Prime Minister of the Gaza Strip government run by the Islamic group, Hamas, gives a speech before Friday prayers on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at Al Ameen Muhammad mosque, in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip , Friday, July 20, 2012. Muslims from Morocco to Afghanistan are steeling themselves for the toughest Ramadan in more than three decades with no food or drink, not even a sip of water, for 14 hours a day during the hottest time of the year. (AP photo/Hatem Moussa)
- A Palestinian boy plays with fireworks as he celebrates the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Gaza City, Friday, July 20, 2012. (AP photo/Hatem Moussa)
- A Palestinian reads from the Quran during the dawn prayer on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in the West Bank city of Jenin, Friday, July 20, 2012. Muslims from Morocco to Afghanistan are steeling themselves for the toughest Ramadan in more than three decades with no food or drink, not even a sip of water, for 14 hours a day during the hottest time of the year. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas).
- JENIN : A Palestinian man reads the Koran at a mosque in the West Bank city of Jenin on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on July 20 2012. AFP PHOTO / SAIF DAHLAH
- Palestinians pray on first day of Ramadan, Jenin, July 20, 2012 – Photo by WAFA
- JENIN:Palestinian security forces perform the dawn prayer in the street during a patrol on the first day of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Jenin on July 20 2012. AFP PHOTO / SAIF DAHLAH
- JENIN:Palestinian security forces perform the dawn prayer in the street during a patrol on the first day of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Jenin on July 20 2012. AFP PHOTO / SAIF DAHLAH
- July 20 2012. AFP PHOTO / SAIF DAHLAH
- A Palestinian man holds up a lamp traditionally used during Ramadan, at a market in Gaza City, on July 19, 2012, on the eve of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED
- Ramadan lanters and stars on on display in a shop in the West Bank city of Hebron on July 18, 2012, as Muslims welcome the upcoming Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER
- Ramadan decorations are hung outside a shop in the West Bank city of Hebron on July 18, 2012, to welcome the upcoming Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER
- Ramadan decorations are hung outside a shop in the West Bank city of Hebron on July 18, 2012, to welcome the upcoming Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER
- A Palestinian vendor decorates his shop in the West Bank city of Jenin on the eve of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Thursday, July 19, 2012. Muslims throughout the world are preparing to celebrate the holy fasting month of Ramadan, a period devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and spiritual introspection. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
- A Palestinian man and child look at lamps traditionally used during Ramadan, at a market in Gaza City, on July 19, 2012, on the eve of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED
- A Palestinian buys a photograph of the al-Aqsa mosque at a market in the West Bank city of Nablus,Thursday, July 19, 2012. Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, is expected to begin on Friday. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
- A Palestinian man and his sons enter al-Omari mosque, in Gaza City, on the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on July 20, 2012. During the lunar month of Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn to dusk and strive to be more pious and charitable. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB
- A Palestinian baker prepares “Qatayef”, traditional pancakes that are popular during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City, on the first day of Ramadan on July 20, 2012. During the lunar month of Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn to dusk and strive to be more pious and charitable. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB
- A Palestinian baker prepares “Qatayef”, traditional pancakes that are popular during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City, on the first day of Ramadan on July 20, 2012. During the lunar month of Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn to dusk and strive to be more pious and charitable. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB
- A Palestinian baker prepares “Qatayef”, traditional pancakes that are popular during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City, on the first day of Ramadan on July 20, 2012. During the lunar month of Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn to dusk and strive to be more pious and charitable. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB
- A Palestinian vendor takes a handful of dates as shops stock up for the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 19, 2012. Islam’s holy month of Ramadan will begin in few days depending on the sighting of the crescent moon. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB
- Palestinian Sheik Salem Salama presents a copy of the Koran to Anne Kennedy (L), 49, at the headquarters of the Palestinian Muslim Scholars association in Gaza City July 21, 2012. British citizen Kennedy, who studies and teaches religion in London, announced her conversion to Islam in a news conference in Gaza during the holy month of Ramadan. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
- Palestinian Sheik Salem Salama holds a copy of the Koran before presenting it to Anne Kennedy (L), 49, at the headquarters of the Palestinian Muslim Scholars association in Gaza City July 21, 2012. British citizen Kennedy, who studies and teaches religion in London, announced her conversion to Islam in a news conference in Gaza during the holy month of Ramadan. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
- A Palestinian man reads the Koran, Islam’s holy book, in al-Omari mosque in Gaza City on the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on July 20, 2012. During the lunar month of Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn to dusk and strive to be more pious and charitable. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB
- Palestinian men read the Koran, Islam’s holy book, in al-Omari mosque in Gaza City on the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on July 20, 2012. During the lunar month of Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn to dusk and strive to be more pious and charitable. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB
- Palestinians rest as a man reads the Koran, Islam’s holy book, in al-Omari mosque in Gaza City on the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on July 20, 2012. During the lunar month of Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn to dusk and strive to be more pious and charitable. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB
- Palestinian women pray outside the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 20, 2012. Israeli police said that Palestinian males over the age of 40 would be freely permitted to enter the compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian women pray in front the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 20, 2012. Israeli police said that Palestinian males over the age of 40 would be freely permitted to enter the compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian worshippers pray outside the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem during the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on July 20, 2012. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
- Palestinian worshippers pray outside the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem during the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on July 20, 2012. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
- Palestinians attend prayers at Al Aqsa mosque on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Jerusalem, Friday, July 20, 2012. Muslims from Morocco to Afghanistan are steeling themselves for the toughest Ramadan in more than three decades with no food or drink, not even a sip of water, for 14 hours a day during the hottest time of the year. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
- A vendor sells parasols as Palestinians make their way to the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 20, 2012. Israeli police said that Palestinian males over the age of 40 would be freely permitted to enter the compound Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
- Palestinian women read the Koran in the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 20, 2012. Israeli police said that Palestinian males over the age of 40 would be freely permitted to enter the compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian women pray in front the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 20, 2012. Israeli police said that Palestinian males over the age of 40 would be freely permitted to enter the compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinians attend prayers at the Al Aqsa mosque on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Jerusalem, Friday, July 20, 2012. Muslims from Morocco to Afghanistan are steeling themselves for the toughest Ramadan in more than three decades with no food or drink, not even a sip of water, for 14 hours a day during the hottest time of the year. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
- A Palestinian woman reads the Koran on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 20, 2012. Israeli police said that Palestinian males over the age of 40 would be freely permitted to enter the compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian men pray in front the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 20, 2012. Israeli police said that Palestinian males over the age of 40 would be freely permitted to enter the compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian worshippers pray outside the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem during the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on July 20, 2012. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
- A Palestinian girl stands at Lion’s Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City before the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 20, 2012. Israeli police said that Palestinian males over the age of 40 would be freely permitted to enter the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
- A Palestinian woman prays in the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 20, 2012. Israeli police said that Palestinian males over the age of 40 would be freely permitted to enter the compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian female worshippers pray at the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem during the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on July 20, 2012. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
- A Palestinian woman holds the Koran as she protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in front the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 20, 2012. Israeli police said that Palestinian males over the age of 40 would be freely permitted to enter the compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- A Palestinian child holds up a sign reading in Arabic, ?Syria, Palestine is with you until the death?, during a protest outside the Dome of the Rock mosque in the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on July 20, 2012. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
- A Palestinian woman is reflected in a mirror as she carries dried sage leaves in Jerusalem’s Old City on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 20, 2012. Israeli police said that Palestinian males over the age of 40 would be freely permitted to enter the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
- A Palestinian man carries his prayer mat on his head as he walks towards the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 20, 2012. Israeli police said that Palestinian males over the age of 40 would be freely permitted to enter the compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
- An Israeli soldier yawns as Palestinian Muslim women walk towards the Israeli checkpoint of Qalandia near the West Bank city of Ramallah before crossing on July 20, 2012, into Jerusalem to attend the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. Israeli police deployed in force in the holy city after limiting access to the compound. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI
- A Palestinian Muslim woman walks past Israeli soldiers maning a barricaded on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on July 20, 2012, as she makes her way to Jerusalem to attend the first Friday prayers of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. AFP PHOTO/MUSA AL SHAER
- An Israeli soldier sets-up a sign directing women into the correct queue at the Israeli checkpoint of Qalandia near the West Bank city of Ramallah before crossing on July 20, 2012, into Jerusalem to attend the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. Israeli police deployed in force in the holy city after limiting access to the compound. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI
- An Israeli police officer checks the ID of Muslim Palestinian women at the Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 20, 2012, as worshipers head to Jerusalem to attend the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI
- Palestinian women show their identity cards to Israeli security officers as they cross into Jerusalem at Israel’s Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah, on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 20, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
- Palestinians show their identity cards at an Israeli checkpoint in Bethlehem on their way to the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, July 20, 2012. Muslims from Morocco to Afghanistan are steeling themselves for the toughest Ramadan in more than three decades with no food or drink, not even a sip of water, for 14 hours a day during the hottest time of the year. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
- An Israeli border policeman checks the identity of Palestinian women as they cross into Jerusalem at Israel’s Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah, on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 20, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
- Palestinian women show their IDs at an Israeli checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the first day off the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Friday, July 20, 2012. Muslims from Morocco to Afghanistan are steeling themselves for the toughest Ramadan in more than three decades with no food or drink, not even a sip of water, for 14 hours a day during the hottest time of the year. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
- Palestinian men pray on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Nablus July 20, 2012. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini
- A Palestinian man reads the Koran outside a mosque in the West Bank city of Jenin on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on July 20, 2012. AFP PHOTO / SAIF DAHLAH
- Palestinian Muslims pray behind the iron gates of ab Israeli manned check point of the Ibrahimi Mosque or the Tomb of the Patriarch, on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan inn the West Bank town of Hebron, on July 20, 2012. AFP PHOTO/HAZEM BADER
- Palestinians wait at Qalandia checkpoint to go to pray at Al-Aqsa for the first Friday of Ramadan July 20, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Palestinians wait at Qalandia checkpoint to go to pray at Al-Aqsa for the first Friday of Ramadan July 20, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Palestinians wait at Qalandia checkpoint to go to pray at Al-Aqsa for the first Friday of Ramadan July 20, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Palestinians wait at Qalandia checkpoint to go to pray at Al-Aqsa for the first Friday of Ramadan July 20, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Palestinians wait at Qalandia checkpoint to go to pray at Al-Aqsa for the first Friday of Ramadan July 20, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Palestinians wait at Qalandia checkpoint to go to pray at Al-Aqsa for the first Friday of Ramadan July 20, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Palestinians wait at Qalandia checkpoint to go to pray at Al-Aqsa for the first Friday of Ramadan July 20, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Ibrahimi Mosque, al-Khalil (Hebron) First Friday of Ramadan July 20, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Ibrahimi Mosque, al-Khalil (Hebron) First Friday of Ramadan July 20, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Ibrahimi Mosque, al-Khalil (Hebron) First Friday of Ramadan July 20, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Palestinians wait at Bethlehem checkpoint to go to Al-Aqsa to pray for the first Friday of Ramadan . July 20, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Bethlehem – Photo by WAFA
- Palestinians wait at Bethlehem checkpoint to go to Al-Aqsa to pray for the first Friday of Ramadan . July 20, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Palestinians wait at Bethlehem checkpoint to go to Al-Aqsa to pray for the first Friday of Ramadan . July 20, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Bethlehem market in the first day of Ramadan. July 20, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Bethlehem market in the first day of Ramadan. July 20, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Bethlehem market in the first day of Ramadan. July 20, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Bethlehem market in the first day of Ramadan. July 20, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Children receive Ramadan meal in Balata refugee camp, Nablus – July 21, 2012 – Photo by WAFA
- Children receive Ramadan meal in Balata refugee camp, Nablus – July 21, 2012 – Photo by WAFA
- Children receive Ramadan meal in Balata refugee camp, Nablus – July 21, 2012 – Photo by WAFA
- Children receive Ramadan meal in Balata refugee camp, Nablus – July 21, 2012 – Photo by WAFA
- A Palestinian woman stirs a pot of rice as she prepares food to be distributed to the poor in a soup kitchen in the West Bank city of Nablus, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan July 25, 2012. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini
- Palestinian men pray on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Nablus July 20, 2012. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini
- Qalandia 1st friday of Ramadan Photo by WAFA
- Qalandia 1st friday of Ramadan Photo by WAFA
- Qalandia 1st friday of Ramadan Photo by WAFA
- Palestinian men and women cross Qalandia checkpoint to go to pray at Al Aqsa mosquee in Jerusalem for the 1st Friday of the Holy month of Ramadan
- Palestinian men and women cross Qalandia checkpoint to go to pray at Al Aqsa mosquee in Jerusalem for the 1st Friday of the Holy month of Ramadan Photo by WAFA
- Palestinian men and women cross Qalandia checkpoint to go to pray at Al Aqsa mosquee in Jerusalem for the 1st Friday of the Holy month of Ramadan Photo by WAFA
- Palestinian men and women cross Qalandia checkpoint to go to pray at Al Aqsa mosquee in Jerusalem for the 1st Friday of the Holy month of Ramadan Photo by WAFA
- Palestinian men and women cross Qalandia checkpoint to go to pray at Al Aqsa mosquee in Jerusalem for the 1st Friday of the Holy month of Ramadan Photo by WAFA
- Palestinian men and women cross Qalandia checkpoint to go to pray at Al Aqsa mosquee in Jerusalem for the 1st Friday of the Holy month of Ramadan Photo by WAFA
- First moon of Ramadan 2012 – Photo by WAFA
- First moon of Ramadan 2012 – Photo by WAFA
- First moon of Ramadan 2012 – Photo by WAFA
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- Palestinian Muslims perform the “Tarawih” evening prayer at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem during the fasting month of Ramadan on July 24, 2012. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
- Palestinian Muslims perform the “Tarawih” evening prayer at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem during the fasting month of Ramadan on July 24, 2012. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
- Palestinians eat donated food at the compound of the Dome of the Rock mosque known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as The Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s old city, as they break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan July 25, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian men pray in front of the Dome of the Rock, at the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as The Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City during the holy month of Ramadan July 25, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian women pray in front of the Dome of the Rock at the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as The Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City during the holy month of Ramadan July 25, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinians walk at the compound of the Dome of the Rock known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as The Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City during the holy month of Ramadan July 25, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinians walk at the compound of the Dome of the Rock known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as The Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City during the holy month of Ramadan July 25, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- People walk in an alley decorated for the holy month of Ramadan in Jerusalem’s Old City July 25, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- People walk through Damascus gate of Jerusalem’s Old City as it is decorated for the holy month of Ramadan July 25, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Children perform in Jerusalem’s Old City during celebrations to mark the breaking of the fast on the seventh day of the holy month of Ramadan, on July 26, 2012. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI
- Palestinian girls take part in celebrations to mark the breaking of fast in Jerusalem, during the holy month of Ramadan, July 26, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Children perform in Jerusalem’s Old City during celebrations to mark the breaking of the fast on the seventh day of the holy month of Ramadan, on July 26, 2012. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI
- Palestinian musicians perform in Jerusalem’s Old City during celebrations to mark the breaking of fast during the holy month of Ramadan July 26, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian musicians perform in Jerusalem’s Old City during celebrations to mark the breaking of the fast on the seventh day of the holy month of Ramadan, on July 26, 2012. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI
- Palestinian musicians perform in Jerusalem’s Old City during celebrations to mark the breaking of the fast on the seventh day of the holy month of Ramadan, on July 26, 2012. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI
- Palestinian musicians perform in Jerusalem’s Old City during celebrations to mark the breaking of the fast on the seventh day of the holy month of Ramadan, on July 26, 2012. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI
- Palestinian girls read the Koran at a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Nablus July 26, 2012. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini
- Palestinian girls recite verses from the Koran at a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Nablus July 26, 2012. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini
- Palestinian women read the Koran on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 27, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian women carry prayer mats in front of the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 27, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian men pray in front of the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 27, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian worshipers pray outside the Dome of the Rock at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem during the second Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on July 27, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
- Palestinian Muslim women pray outside the Dome of the Rock at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem during the second Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on July 27, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
- A Palestinian man pours water over a Muslim female worshiper as others pray outside the Dome of the Rock at the al-Aqsa mosque compound, in Jerusalem, during the second Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on July 27, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
- Palestinian men pray in front of the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 27, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian worshipers pray outside the Dome of the Rock at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, July 27, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
- A Palestinian boy stands near the reflection of a shrine on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 27, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- A Palestinian worshiper holding a Koran, Islam’s holy book, and prayer beads, prays outside the Dome of the Rock at the al-Aqsa mosque compound, in Jerusalem, during the second Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on July 27, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
- Palestinian worshipers pray outside the Dome of the Rock at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem during the second Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on July 27, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
- Second friday of Ramadan in Al-Quds – July 27, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Second friday of Ramadan in Al-Quds – July 27, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Second friday of Ramadan in Al-Quds – July 27, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- Second friday of Ramadan in Al-Quds – July 27, 2012 Photo by WAFA
- A Palestinian woman reads the Koran on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 27, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian women pray on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 27, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Qalandia checkpoint July 27, 2012, second friday of Ramadan – Photo by WAFA
- Qalandia checkpoint July 27, 2012, second friday of Ramadan – Photo by WAFA
- Qalandia checkpoint July 27, 2012, second friday of Ramadan – Photo by WAFA
- Qalandia checkpoint July 27, 2012, second friday of Ramadan – Photo by WAFA
- Qalandia checkpoint July 27, 2012, second friday of Ramadan – Photo by WAFA
- Qalandia checkpoint July 27, 2012, second friday of Ramadan – Photo by WAFA
- Qalandia checkpoint July 27, 2012, second friday of Ramadan – Photo by WAFA
- Qalandia checkpoint July 27, 2012, second friday of Ramadan – Photo by WAFA
- Qalandia checkpoint July 27, 2012, second friday of Ramadan – Photo by WAFA
- Palestinian women passing an Israeli checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the second Friday off the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, July 27, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
- Palestinian women waiting to cross through an Israeli checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the second Friday off the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, July 27, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
- A Palestinian woman waits to be given permission by Israeli border policemen to cross into Jerusalem at the Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 27, 2012. Palestinian Muslims are heading to Jerusalem to attend the second Friday prayers of the fasting month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI
- Palestinian women wait to cross into Jerusalem from the Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 27, 2012. Palestinian Muslims are heading to Jerusalem to attend the second Friday prayers of the fasting month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI
- Israeli border police allow Palestinian women to cross into Jerusalem from the West Bank city of Bethlehem after checking their ID cards on July 27, 2012. Palestinian Muslims are heading to Jerusalem to attend the second Friday prayers of the fasting month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. AFP PHOTO / MUSA AL-SHAER
- Israeli border policemen check the ID cards of Palestinian women at the Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 27, 2012 as Palestinian Muslims cross into Jerusalem to attend the second Friday prayers of the fasting month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI
- Palestinian women wait to cross into Jerusalem from the Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 27, 2012. Palestinian Muslims are heading to Jerusalem to attend the second Friday prayers of the fasting month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI
- Palestinian women show their ID cards to an Israeli border policewoman as they wait to cross into Jerusalem from the West Bank city of Bethlehem on July 27, 2012. Palestinian Muslims are heading to Jerusalem to attend the second Friday prayers of the fasting month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. AFP PHOTO / MUSA AL-SHAER
- Palestinian women stand in front of a mural of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat painted on a section of Israel’s controversial separation barrier as they wait to cross into Jerusalem from the Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 27, 2012. Palestinian Muslims are heading to Jerusalem to attend the second Friday prayers of the fasting month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI
- Palestinian women gather at Israel’s Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah July 27, 2012, as they make their way to Jerusalem on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
- An Israeli border policeman gives instructions to Palestinian women at the Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 27, 2012 as Palestinian Muslims cross into Jerusalem to attend the second Friday prayers of the fasting month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI
- Palestinian women wait to show their identity cards to Israeli security officers at Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah July 27, 2012, as they make their way to Jerusalem on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
- Palestinian women wait to show their identity cards to Israeli security officers at Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah July 27, 2012, as they make their way to Jerusalem on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
- Palestinian women wait to show their identity cards to Israeli security officers at Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah July 27, 2012, as they make their way to Jerusalem on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
- Palestinian men pray at a mosque in the West Bank city of Nablus on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 27, 2012. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini
- Palestinian men pray at a mosque in the West Bank city of Nablus on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan July 27, 2012. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini
- Israeli border policemen stand guard as Palestinian men perform the second Friday prayers of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan outside the Ibrahimi Mosque or the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron on July 27, 2012. AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER
- A Palestinian man reads the Koran, Islam’s holy book, at the Ibrahimi Mosque or the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron on the second Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on July 27, 2012. AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER
- Palestinian women wait to show their identity cards to Israeli security officers at Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah July 27, 2012, as they make their way to Jerusalem on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
- An Israeli border policeman observes Palestinian men performing the second Friday prayers of the fasting month of Ramadan outside the Ibrahimi Mosque or the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron on July 27, 2012. AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER
- Palestinians perform the second Friday prayers of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan outside the Ibrahimi Mosque or the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron on July 27, 2012. AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER
- Second Friday in Ramadan approximately 250.000 worshipers from all over Palestine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem – July 27, 2012 (Photo via Raya.ps)
- Second Friday in Ramadan approximately 250.000 worshipers from all over Palestine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem – July 27, 2012 (Photo via Raya.ps)
- Second Friday in Ramadan approximately 250.000 worshipers from all over Palestine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem – July 27, 2012 (Photo via Raya.ps)
- Second Friday in Ramadan approximately 250.000 worshipers from all over Palestine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem – July 27, 2012 (Photo via Raya.ps)
- Second Friday in Ramadan approximately 250.000 worshipers from all over Palestine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem – July 27, 2012 (Photo via Raya.ps)
- Second Friday in Ramadan approximately 250.000 worshipers from all over Palestine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem – July 27, 2012 (Photo via Raya.ps)
- Second Friday in Ramadan approximately 250.000 worshipers from all over Palestine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem – July 27, 2012 (Photo via Raya.ps)
- Second Friday in Ramadan approximately 250.000 worshipers from all over Palestine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem – July 27, 2012 (Photo via Raya.ps)
- Second Friday in Ramadan approximately 250.000 worshipers from all over Palestine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem – July 27, 2012 (Photo via Raya.ps)
- Second Friday in Ramadan approximately 250.000 worshipers from all over Palestine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem – July 27, 2012 (Photo via Raya.ps)
- Second Friday in Ramadan approximately 250.000 worshipers from all over Palestine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem – July 27, 2012 (Photo via Raya.ps)
- Second Friday in Ramadan approximately 250.000 worshipers from all over Palestine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem – July 27, 2012 (Photo via Raya.ps)
- Second Friday in Ramadan approximately 250.000 worshipers from all over Palestine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem – July 27, 2012 (Photo via Raya.ps)
- Second Friday in Ramadan approximately 250.000 worshipers from all over Palestine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem – July 27, 2012 (Photo via Raya.ps)
- Second Friday in Ramadan approximately 250.000 worshipers from all over Palestine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem – July 27, 2012 (Photo via Raya.ps)
- Second Friday in Ramadan approximately 250.000 worshipers from all over Palestine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem – July 27, 2012 (Photo via Raya.ps)
- Second Friday in Ramadan approximately 250.000 worshipers from all over Palestine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem – July 27, 2012 (Photo via Raya.ps)
- Second Friday in Ramadan approximately 250.000 worshipers from all over Palestine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem – July 27, 2012 (Photo via Raya.ps)
- Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray next to shops in a the market after they were prevented from attending a prayer for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in an over-crowded nearby mosque, in the West Bank town of Nablus Thursday Aug. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
- Palestinian men try to pass through an Israeli checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the third Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near Bethlehem, West Bank, Friday, Aug. 03, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
- Palestinian men pass an Israeli checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the third Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near Bethlehem, West Bank, Friday, Aug. 03, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
- A Palestinian woman walk towards an Israeli checkpoint on her way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the third Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near Ramallah, West Bank, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, and is devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and good deeds. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
- A Palestinian boy watch as women walk in front of a section of Israel’s controversial barrier near Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah, on the third Friday of the holy month of Ramadan August 3, 2012. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
- Palestinian women pass through an Israeli checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the Third Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near Bethlehem, West Bank, Friday, Aug. 03, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, and is devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and good deeds. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
- Palestinian women pass an Israeli checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the third Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near Bethlehem, West Bank, Friday, Aug. 03, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, and is devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and good deeds. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
- A Palestinian woman walks in front of a section of Israel’s controversial barrier near Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah, on the third Friday of the holy month of Ramadan August 3, 2012. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
- Israeli border policemen guard as Palestinian women cross at Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah, on the third Friday of the holy month of Ramadan August 3, 2012. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
- Israeli security officers guard as Palestinian women cross at Israel’s Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah, on the third Friday of the holy month of Ramadan August 3, 2012 . REUTERS/Baz Ratner
- Palestinian women show their ID cards to an Israeli border policeman as they wait to cross through an Israeli checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the third Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near Ramallah, West Bank, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, and is devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and good deeds. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
- An Israeli border policeman checks the bag of a Palestinian woman as Muslim worshipers wait to cross the Qalandia checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem on their way to the al-Aqsa mosque compound for the third Friday prayer of Ramadan on August 3, 2012. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI
- Palestinian women walk in front of a section of Israel’s controversial barrier near Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah, on the third Friday of the holy month of Ramadan August 3, 2012. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
- A Palestinian policewoman gestures as she stands at the Qalandia checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem where worshipers are gathering on their way to the al-Aqsa checkpoint for the their Friday pray of Ramadan on August 3, 2012. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI
- An Israeli border policeman keeps watch as Palestinian worshipers wait to cross the Qalandia checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem on their way to the al-Aqsa checkpoint for the their Friday pray of Ramadan on August 3, 2012. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI
- A Palestinian woman reads the Koran on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount during the holy month of Ramadan in Jerusalem’s Old City August 3, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- A Palestinian woman, covered in a prayer mat to protect herself from the sun, reads the Koran on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount during the holy month of Ramadan in Jerusalem’s Old City August 3, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian Muslims walk outside the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem during the third Friday prayers of Islam’s holy month of Ramadan on August 3, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH
- Palestinians gather near the Dome of the Rock (R), on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem’s Old City, during the holy month of Ramadan August 3, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian Muslims pray outside the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem during the third Friday prayers of Islam’s holy month of Ramadan on August 3, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH
- Palestinians gather outside the Dome of the Rock at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, Aug 03, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
- Palestinian Muslims pray outside the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem during the third Friday prayers of Islam’s holy month of Ramadan on August 3, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO/MUSA AL SHAER
- Palestinian Muslims pray outside the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem during the third Friday prayers of Islam’s holy month of Ramadan on August 3, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH
- Palestinian men spray water on people to cool them down near the Dome of the Rock (R), on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, during the holy month of Ramadan in Jerusalem’s Old City, August 3, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian men pray near the Dome of the Rock (R) on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in during the holy month of Ramadan in Jerusalem’s Old City August 3, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- A Palestinian Muslim woman prays outside the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem during the third Friday prayers of Islam’s holy month of Ramadan on August 3, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO/MUSA AL SHAER
- A Palestinian woman sits outside the Dome of the Rock, on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, during the holy month of Ramadan in Jerusalem’s Old City August 3, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Third Friday of Ramadan. Worshipers at Bethlehem checkpoint. Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by WAFA
- Third Friday of Ramadan. Worshipers at Bethlehem checkpoint. Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by WAFA
- Third Friday of Ramadan. Worshipers at Bethlehem checkpoint. Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by WAFA
- Third Friday of Ramadan. Worshipers at Bethlehem checkpoint. Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by WAFA
- Third Friday of Ramadan. Worshipers at Bethlehem checkpoint. Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by WAFA
- Third Friday of Ramadan. Worshipers at Bethlehem checkpoint. Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by WAFA
- Third Friday of Ramadan. Worshipers at Bethlehem checkpoint. Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by WAFA
- Third Friday of Ramadan. Worshipers at Bethlehem checkpoint. Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by WAFA
- Third Friday of Ramadan. Damascus Gate, Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by WAFA
- Third Friday of Ramadan. Damascus Gate, Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by WAFA
- Third Friday of Ramadan. Damascus Gate, Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by WAFA
- Third Friday of Ramadan. Damascus Gate, Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by WAFA
- Worshipers at Al Aqsa Mosque, praying on 3rd friday of Ramadan Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by WAFA
- Worshipers at Al Aqsa Mosque, praying on 3rd friday of Ramadan Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by WAFA
- Worshipers at Al Aqsa Mosque, praying on 3rd friday of Ramadan Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by WAFA
- Worshipers at Al Aqsa Mosque, praying on 3rd friday of Ramadan Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by WAFA
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- Qalandiya Checkpoint. Palestinians and a religion under siege on the 3rd friday of Ramadan | Aug 3, 2012 | Photo by Raya.ps
- A shop vendor splashes water on his vegetables in the old city of the West bank town of Hebron, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 4, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER
- Shoppers walk past a vegetable vendor at a market in the old city of the West bank town of Hebron, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 4, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER
- Tourists look at vegetables for sale in the old city of the West bank town of Hebron, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 4, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER
- Shop vendors sell vegetables at a market in the old city of the West bank town of Hebron, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 4, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER
- Palestinian women pass through an Israeli checkpoint in the open air while men are required to pass through a barred passageway on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the fourth Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near Bethlehem, West Bank, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, and is devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and good deeds. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
- Palestinians pass an Israeli checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on the fourth Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, and is devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and good deeds. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
- An Israeli border policewoman stands guard as Palestinian Muslim women queue to cross a checkpoint along Israel’s controversial separation barrier on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Bethlehem on their way to Jerusalem to attend the Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque on August 10, 2012. Muslims across the world have been fasting during the holy month of Ramadan which is expected to end around August 19th. AFP PHOTO/MUSA AL SHAER
- Palestinian Muslim women queue to cross an Israeli checkpoint along Israel’s controversial separation barrier on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Bethlehem on their way to Jerusalem to attend the Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque on August 10, 2012. Muslims across the world have been fasting during the holy month of Ramadan which is expected to end around August 19th. AFP PHOTO/MUSA AL SHAER
- Israeli soldiers stand guard as Palestinian women pass an Israeli checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the fourth Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, and is devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and good deeds. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
- Palestinian women walk past a section of Israel’s controversial barrier at Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah, on the fourth Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, August 10, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
- A Palestinian woman stands behind an Israeli border policeman as Palestinians cross at Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah on the fourth Friday of the holy month of Ramadan August 10, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
- Palestinian women walk past Israeli security officers as they cross at Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah on the fourth Friday of the holy month of Ramadan August 10, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
- Israeli security forces monitor the crossing of Palestinian Muslim women at checkpoint along Israel’s controversial separation barrier on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Bethlehem on their way to Jerusalem to attend the Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque on August 10, 2012. Muslims across the world have been fasting during the holy month of Ramadan which is expected to end around August 19th. AFP PHOTO/MUSA AL SHAER
- Palestinian men pass near a section of Israel’s separation barrier on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the fourth Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, and is devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and good deeds. Arabic on wall reads “Jerusalem.” (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
- An Israeli soldier oversees Palestinian women and children passing through an Israeli checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on the fourth Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near Bethlehem, West Bank, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, and is devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and good deeds. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
- Palestinian women walk past an Israeli security officer as they cross at Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah on the fourth Friday of the holy month of Ramadan August 10, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
- A Palestinian girl sits on the shoulders of a woman as they wait to cross at Israel’s Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah on the fourth Friday of the holy month of Ramadan August 10, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
- Palestinian Muslim men cross a checkpoint along Israel’s controversial separation barrier on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Bethlehem on their way to Jerusalem to attend the Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque on August 10, 2012. Muslims across the world have been fasting during the holy month of Ramadan which is expected to end around August 19th. AFP PHOTO/MUSA AL SHAER
- Palestinian women pray on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, on the fourth Friday of the holy month of Ramadan August 10, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Muslims pray outside the Dome of the Rock mosque situated in the al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam?s third most holy site, on August 10, 2011 in old city of Jerusalem, on a Friday during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO /AHMAD GHARABLI
- Muslims pray outside the Dome of the Rock mosque situated in the al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam?s third most holy site, on August 10, 2011 in old city of Jerusalem, on a Friday during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO /AHMAD GHARABLI
- A Muslim woman prays outside the Dome of the Rock mosque situated in the al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam?s third most holy site, on August 10, 2011 in old city of Jerusalem, on the Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO /AHMAD GHARABLI
- Muslim women pray outside the Dome of the Rock mosque situated in the al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam?s third most holy site, on August 10, 2011 in old city of Jerusalem, on a Friday during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO /AHMAD GHARABLI
- A Palestinian woman prays on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, on the fourth Friday of the holy month of Ramadan August 10, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- A Muslim girls prays inside the Dome of the Rock mosque situated in the al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam?s third most holy site, on August 10, 2011 in old city of Jerusalem, on a Friday during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO /AHMAD GHARABLI
- Muslim women pray inside the Dome of the Rock mosque situated in the al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam?s third most holy site, on August 10, 2011 in old city of Jerusalem, on a Friday during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO /AHMAD GHARABLI
- A Palestinian boy splashes women with water to cool them down near the Dome of the Rock (rear) on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, on the fourth Friday of the holy month of Ramadan August 10, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian women read the Koran on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, on the fourth Friday of the holy month of Ramadan August 10, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Muslim women pray outside the Dome of the Rock mosque situated in the al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam?s third most holy site, on August 10, 2011 in old city of Jerusalem, on a Friday during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO /AHMAD GHARABLI
- Palestinians pray on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, on the fourth Friday of the holy month of Ramadan August 10, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian women pray on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, on the fourth Friday of the holy month of Ramadan August 10, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian worshipers gather for prayer outside the Dome of the Rock at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, and is devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and good deeds. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
- Aug 10, 2012, Fourth firday of Ramadan at Qalandiya. Palestinians on their way to the mosque to attend prayers. Not only a nation but a religion under occupation too. Photo by WAFA
- Aug 10, 2012, Fourth firday of Ramadan at Qalandiya. Palestinians on their way to the mosque to attend prayers. Not only a nation but a religion under occupation too. Photo by WAFA
- Aug 10, 2012, Fourth firday of Ramadan at Qalandiya. Palestinians on their way to the mosque to attend prayers. Not only a nation but a religion under occupation too. Photo by WAFA
- Aug 10, 2012, Fourth friday of Ramadan at Qalandiya. Palestinians on their way to the mosque to attend prayers. Not only a nation but a religion under occupation too. Photo by WAFA
- Aug 10, 2012, Fourth friday of Ramadan at Qalandiya. Palestinians on their way to the mosque to attend prayers. Not only a nation but a religion under occupation too. Photo by WAFA
- Aug 10, 2012, Fourth friday of Ramadan at Qalandiya. Palestinians on their way to the mosque to attend prayers. Not only a nation but a religion under occupation too. Photo by WAFA
- Aug 10, 2012, Fourth friday of Ramadan at Qalandiya. Palestinians on their way to the mosque to attend prayers. Not only a nation but a religion under occupation too. Photo by WAFA
- Aug 10, 2012, Fourth friday of Ramadan at Qalandiya. Palestinians on their way to the mosque to attend prayers. Not only a nation but a religion under occupation too. Photo by WAFA
- Aug 10, 2012, Fourth friday of Ramadan at Qalandiya. Palestinians on their way to the mosque to attend prayers. Not only a nation but a religion under occupation too. Photo by WAFA
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps
- Al Quds. August 14, 2012 – Photo by Raya.ps