"It’s a religious obligation for us to give to other people," says Dawud Walid. Near the completion of the hajj, meat is slaughtered according to Islamic requirements and shared with family, friends, and the poor.

How Palestinians and Israeli settlers share water resources is "critical to the peace process."

When the hajj comes to an end, Muslims will distribute meat to the poor and recall Abraham's willingness to offer his son to God.

It was a week of prayers and pleas for peace and gestures of reconciliation to all sides in the Holy Land.