Ramadan often presents a security challenge in Jerusalem, but this may be greater this year given the ongoing seven-front war and Operation Iron Wall in the West Bank.
While Israel reduced the intensity of its war effort against Hamas over Ramadan over respect for the Muslim holy month, the Iranian-backed axis often escalates during Jewish holidays.
Even amid the war between Israel and Hamas the conflict has not morphed into a more calamitous religious war between Muslims and Jews.
Jamous believes that the Iftar meal and the petition are not at all the culmination of his efforts, but rather merely a first step in creating a strong Palestinian-Israeli peace movement.
The peaceful Ramadan Fridays show the Palestinians of the West Bank and east Jerusalem and the Israeli-Arab population are largely law-abiding and not seeking altercations with Israeli authorities.
This year, with the backdrop of the war and a shifting international balance of power, I argue that it’s reasonable to expect larger and more devastating cyber assault.
The coffins of two of the killed officers were displayed in the capital, Tehran, to religious mourning chants. Some of those present waved the Palestinian flag.
Sources exclusively told The Jerusalem Post that if Qatar had acted against Hamas in the early days of the war, a viable hostage deal could have been reached.
Ali Salem urges ceasefire in Gaza at President Herzog's Iftar dinner, emphasizing peace-making capacity of attendees. Arab-Jewish unity emphasized, focusing on partnership for peace and solidarity.
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