In pictures: Ramadan prayers at al-Aqsa mosque


'Half a year'

Habes, who runs a plant shop, is sad, but not surprised.

"I don't know if I will ever go. Maybe next year the age will be 55 – maybe in 20 years it will be 100! These men are the same as me. One man here is 49 and a half. Imagine – you can’t go to pray because of half a year!"

He says applying for permission to go is too bureaucratic: "Ramadan will be over by the time you get a permit!"

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