There has been plenty of talk of violence erupting in Jerusalem and the West Bank this Ramadan. There have been sporadic clashes but the mood is more one of depression.
It should be one of the great moments in the Islamic calendar. When a month of prayer, fasting and ultimately celebration begins. But Ramadan has started this year in an atmosphere of resentment, fear and anger for Palestinian Muslims, thanks to the war in Gaza. Outside Jerusalem's Al Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third most holy shrine, there was tension during Tarawih prayers that launch the holy month.
But I would say in the Old City, almost 95% of incomes rely on tourism and it's completely gone.' We went to Bethlehem to gauge the mood there. The markets were bustling as people bought their Ramadan supplies but life is extremely hard there now. The city depends even more on tourists and there've been hardly any since 7 October. Bishara, a tour guide, told Sky News: 'There are no tourists at all and people are upset because of what's happening in Gaza.
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