Palestinian women pass through an Israeli checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the Third  Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near Bethlehem, West Bank, Friday, Aug. 03, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, and is devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and good deeds. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)