Bloodshed and hardline Israeli politics raise tensions on eve of Muslim holy month
with an upswing in violence, although this year’s convergence with Passover and Easter increases the possibility of friction as Jerusalem hosts an unusually large influx of pilgrims.in Jerusalem, and a decision earlier this week to repeal a 2005 law ordering the evacuation of four particularly sensitive West Bank settlements, have also inflamed regional tensions.
It took two months each year for the Waqf’s 500 employees to prepare for Ramadan, Kateeb said, even with help from volunteers. The logistics of managing access and prayers for hundreds of thousands of people, as well as nightly iftar dinners for up to 10,000, are his immediate concern. In a statement, Israel’s police said their aim during Ramadan was to “enable the freedom of worship and the proper existence of the holiday, its prayers and customs, while maintaining security, law and public order”, and that extra police and border forces would be deployed around the city.Many Jerusalemites the Guardian spoke to this week were not optimistic.
The difference was already noticeable, said Aboud, a 30-year-old working at Al Najaf sweet shop near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. “I am looking forward to the extra Ramadan business, but every day when I leave the house now there’s some kind of trouble with the police, with settlers.
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