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General view of the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, seen from the Mount of Olives, on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. For Muslims across the world, the beginning of the ninth month in the Muslim lunar calendar, which marks the start of Ramadan, is a time for spiritual reflection, prayers and fasting. During Ramadan, practising Muslims do not eat, drink, smoke or have sex between sunrise and sunset. IMAGES
Nablus, Apr 25 (EFE/EPA).- Members of the ancient Samaritan community marked Sunday Passover at their sacred Mount Gerizim in the West Bank city of Nablus.According to tradition, the Samaritans are descendants of the Jews who were not deported when the Assyrians conquered Israel in 722 BC. The small community numbers about 810 people, half of them live in a village at Mount Gerizim, near the Palestinian city of Nablus, and the rest in Holon near Tel Aviv in Israel. (Camera: ABED AL HASHLAMOUN).SHOT LIST: MEMBERS OF THE ANCIENT SAMARITAN COMMUNITY PREPARE SHEEP FOR THE ANIMAL SACRIFICES AT MOUNT GERIZIM IN THE WEST BANK CITY OF NABLUS.
Deir Hanna (Galilea, Israel), Nov 17 (EFE) .- (Camera: Laura Fernández Palomo) The Mount of Olives, which surrounds the Sea of ??Galilee, preserves the hard and knotted centennial trees of a millennial past: the origin of a crop that today bathes the entire Mediterranean in oil and olives.FOOTAGE OF THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.SOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATIONS OF:Mazen Ali, Deir Hanna resident and leader of the Ancient Olive Heritage Center: "The icon of the ancient olive tree in Galilee it's this tree we dub 'The Twins'. It's a symbol of how the olive trees have been here for a long time, like the 'Badawi' in the Walayeh valley, in the West Bank, a symbol of Palestinian olive trees."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receives US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jerusalem. Blinken reiterated US opposition to an Israeli assault on the crowded Gaza city of Rafah in talks with Netanyahu, who has vowed to press ahead, a US official said. IMAGES
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne holds talks with his Israeli counterpart Israel Katz during a meeting in Jerusalem. IMAGES
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