I guess half the Muslim population of the West Bank was trying to get to the Al Aqsa mosque for Friday prayers during Ramadan. Unfortunately Yom Kippur fell on one of these days and the entrances to Jerusalem were all sealed causing some problems. This particular checkpoint kind of rollercoastered between being fairly mellow and looking like all hell was going to break loose. I ended up behind a car after rubber bullets started flying and the Palestinians started throwing back bricks and thumb sized metal bolts.In the middle of it all the call to midday prayer started and everyone dropped to their knees feet from the Israeli soldiers and began praying while the Israelis took it as a chance to ham it up for cell phone pics, smoke cigarettes etc. Ten minutes later the "Allahu Akhbar" chants started and it was back to business.

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