Palestinians attend the Fajr (dawn) prayer at Al-Nasir mosque in Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank February 14, 2020. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
NABLUS (Reuters) - Before sunrise, thousands of Palestinians streamed towards the mosque in Nablus's Victory Square, swelling the usual crowds of morning worshippers to launch a new front in their protests against Israel and the United States.
The scene has been repeated elsewhere in the West Bank, where people have begun turning out for early prayers in unprecedented numbers, forsaking the usual protest sites where they risk arrest and channelling their anger into a mass expressions of faith.
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