In the space of a week, Al Aqsa Mosque went from welcoming tens of thousands of Ramadan worshippers for Friday prayers to having none at all, after Israeli authorities shut down Jerusalem’s Old City due to the war.
The threat from missile fire is real, but the disappointment among locals at their city being empty was still palpable. Spring is a key season for tourism, but Ramadan visitors have now disappeared. Easter, which follows shortly after, is supposed to bring another swell, but that now also seems in doubt.
Police, either at checkpoints or in roving patrols, were stationed
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