RAMALLAH: Palestinian Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Hatem Al-Bakri has signed the Hajj protocol for the 2023 season with the Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, in Makkah. Al-Bakri conveyed the thanks of the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, and its people to Saudi Arabia, and thanked the Saudi Ministry of Hajj for
RAMALLAH: Walid Ghuneim, 59, from Bethlehem on the West Bank, was overwhelmed with joy when a lottery system chose him and his wife to perform Hajj four years ago. However, the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic led to the suspension of his Hajj performance, and he kept waiting until his name was chosen this year among 1,900 citizens of the West Bank. Ghuneim, a building