På de palestinska områdena innebär den muslimska fastemånaden Ramadan att poliserna uppmanas se till att ingen äter under dagtid. Åtminstone tidigare år har förbudet att äta också gällt kristna. Detta är värt att notera eftersom Abbas för västvärlden ofta presenterar sig som talesman för både muslimer och kristna i området.
PA prohibits eating in public during month of Ramadan (PMW)
Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
The PA has called on the Palestinian police to arrest anyone who eats in public during Islam's month of Ramadan, which started this week. The Grand Mufti, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, the highest PA religious official, called on the PA police "to act against anyone who breaks the fast in public, in preparation for legal steps against them."
District Governor of Jenin Ibrahim Ramadan, likewise announced a prohibition against eating in public. Both called on cafés and restaurants to be closed during the daytime.
Although it was not mentioned specifically, in previous years these PA religious restrictions against public eating, were enforced against Christians as well.
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