The Bethlehem-Jerusalem Checkpoint (10 images)

A Palestinian baby cries while waiting in line in a caged passageway at the Bethlehem-Jerusalem checkpoint, September 4, 2009, before going to pray at the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan. UPI/Debbie Hill

A veiled Palestinian woman walks by Israeli border police after receiving permission to cross the Bethlehem-Jerusalem checkpoint, September 4, 2009, in order to pray at the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan. UPI/Debbie Hill

Palestinians wait in line in a caged passageway at the Bethlehem-Jerusalem checkpoint, September 4, 2009, before going to pray at the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan. UPI/Debbie Hill

Palestinians wait in line in a caged passageway at the Bethlehem-Jerusalem checkpoint, September 4, 2009, before going to pray at the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan. UPI/Debbie Hill