Last Saturday, for example, which is usually a working day for Palestinians, was a holiday because it was the Moslem New Year, marking the start of the year 1420 since the Hijra of the Prophet Mohammed from Mecca to Medina. But for Palestinians the most difficult of these holidays are the Israeli and Jewish holidays. Normally Palestinians would not care when Israel celebrates its independence or when the Jewish holidays occur. But this, as well as all other Jewish holidays, are marked in Israel according to the Jewish calendar, which no Palestinian understands. It is thus hard to know when these holidays are expected.
Time is also a problem.
Israel moved its clock one hour forward on April 2. The Palestinian National Authority changed to daylight saving time only on April 15. Jordan has decided not to change its clock this year. So for those living in Jerusalem, during the first two weeks of April, every appointment had to be checked as to whether Israeli time or Palestinian time was meant. A major east Jerusalem hotel simply removed the main clock over the receptionist counter so as to avoid having to decide according which time to use.