Tag: Ramadan
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Ethnic Cleansing and Apartheid During Ramadan
Ramadan is the holiest month for Muslims. It holds a deep spiritual, religious and communal meaning within Islam, including for most Palestinians. However, the Israeli occupation, the escalation of violence from colonial settlers, and the context of attacks by the United States and Israel against Iran, has significantly affected this observance in the occupied Palestinian…
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Deceptively “quiet” first week of Ramadan in Jerusalem: a result of restrictions at Qalandia checkpoint
19 March 2024 | International Solidarity Movement | West Bank/East Jerusalem Stories from Israeli and international press extoll a safe and unencumbered celebration of the first week of Ramadan for the thousands of Palestinians with Israeli or Jerusalem ID cards, who were allowed entry to Al-Aqsa in most cases with minimal delay. Unfortunately, Palestinian Muslim…
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Israeli forces harass and assault Palestinians at Qalandiya checkpoint
Throughout the morning of Friday 8th June, many Palestinians passed through Qalandiya checkpoint into Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, in order to pray at the Al-Aqsa mosque. The Israeli government allows a slight easing of the travel restrictions that ban most Palestinians in the West Bank from entering Jerusalem, only for Friday prayers during the month of…
