Lipush
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For devout Muslims in Israel and abroad, Wednesday ushers in a month-long endurance test of faith and resolve. Not only will religious Muslim believers fast for a month in the scorching heat, because of the lunar based calendar used by Islam, this year's Ramadan will be the longest in 33 years, with each daily fast spanning 16 hours.
The police and defense establishment are already bracing themselves for a testing month of their own. For the police, Ramadan falls on the summer recess, leaving a large number of youths out and about; and for security forces, more than a million Palestinians from the West Bank are planning to arrive in Israel to visit their loved ones and partake in Temple Mount prayer services.
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Beside the prayers in the Temple Mount, tens of thousands of Palestinians are expected to arrive in Jerusalem's malls, Jaffa's port, Israel's beaches and Akko's Old City.
As part of the cooperation, the number of Palestinian police officers working alongside IDF forces will be increased, and besides those already deployed around the Qalandiya checkpoint, additional officers will be placed near the Zeytim (Olive) checkpoint near Al-Issawiya.
Palestinian police officers are expected to aid in screening the Palestinians attempting to enter Israel and remove those likely to be involved in unlawful activity.
Soldiers manning the checkpoints have been instructed to exhibit sensitivity and flexibility when interacting with worshipers, and it has also been requested they refrain from smoking, eating or drinking while in the presence of worshipers, all of which are forbidden during Ramadan.
Million Palestinians to enter Israel during Ramadan - Israel News, Ynetnews
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Apartheid, right?
The police and defense establishment are already bracing themselves for a testing month of their own. For the police, Ramadan falls on the summer recess, leaving a large number of youths out and about; and for security forces, more than a million Palestinians from the West Bank are planning to arrive in Israel to visit their loved ones and partake in Temple Mount prayer services.
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Beside the prayers in the Temple Mount, tens of thousands of Palestinians are expected to arrive in Jerusalem's malls, Jaffa's port, Israel's beaches and Akko's Old City.
As part of the cooperation, the number of Palestinian police officers working alongside IDF forces will be increased, and besides those already deployed around the Qalandiya checkpoint, additional officers will be placed near the Zeytim (Olive) checkpoint near Al-Issawiya.
Palestinian police officers are expected to aid in screening the Palestinians attempting to enter Israel and remove those likely to be involved in unlawful activity.
Soldiers manning the checkpoints have been instructed to exhibit sensitivity and flexibility when interacting with worshipers, and it has also been requested they refrain from smoking, eating or drinking while in the presence of worshipers, all of which are forbidden during Ramadan.
Million Palestinians to enter Israel during Ramadan - Israel News, Ynetnews
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Apartheid, right?