At the Jaffa gate of the old city, Abdel Sattar Karkash prépares his traditional Palestinian pastries stand.

Thé 18 years old Jerusalemite comes every Friday and Saturday here to sell mainly to the Jewish worshippers and tourists, who come for the Shabbat prayers.

ABDEL SATTAR KARKASH PASTRY SELLER "Work during Shabbat is great, there are plenty of visitors. The Jewish malls are all shut, so the only option they have is to buy from us. Since I was young, my father taught me to sell to Jews and foreigners. When you tell them this costs 10 Shekels they don't mind, but if I tell an Arab it's for 5, they give me a hard time and don't buy at the end. I prefer selling to Jews rather than Arabs."

At first, accepting to sell his pastries to people he Perceives as occupiers were hard.

This though, the job has taught him to differentiate between Jews and Zionists who believe in erecting a state over the Palestinian Territories.

ABDEL SATTAR KARKASH PASTRY SELLER "It doesn't bother me to sell to Jews, I want to earn a living. But the Israeli authorities are the ones I don't like. They prohibit me from standing here to sell. I was imprisoned four times, one of which was for hitting an officer. I have 11 siblings. If my father and I don't work we would become beggars. We want to work even if it's by force, it's our country after all."

Sometimes though a customer would make Abdel feel otherwise.

ABDEL SATTAR KARKASH PASTRY SELLER "It's common to see that a kid would want to buy, and his mother would tell him: 'we don't buy from Arabs.' I tell her then go buy mine from the Jews. They bake the same thing, but it's never as good. Palestinian pastries have a nice smell and good taste. Many Jews use electronic turbo heaters which don't produce the same quality as the traditional oven."

It is that pride of his Palestinian heritage that has made him hold tight to this stand with its simple menu of Jerusalem Bread, thyme and date pastries.

ABDEL SATTAR KARKASH PASTRY SELLER "These pastries are a Palestinian tradition, way before the foreigners came to make a stay here. All of Jerusalem was full of bakeries. Half of which has shut down. We are among the few who preserve that heritage. I will remain selling pastries until I die. I never get bored, I can keep selling for two days straight and never get tired of this job."

As humble as it looks, this stand makes Abdel earn more than twice the salary he gets from the construction Job in Tel Aviv.