However it is forbidden to men younger than 50 years. These could be prevented from attending Friday prayers, the great Muslim weekly prayers.
Third holiest site in Islam also revered by Jews, the plaza had never been closed since 1967 and the annexation by Israel of the Palestinian part of Jerusalem.
The United States claimed that all Muslims have access to the Al-Aqsa mosque and called on "all parties to exercise restraint" in the face of escalating tensions.
Yesterday, there were clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli police in two neighborhoods
at the foot of the Old City, the epicenter of the unrest.
An electric atmosphere made even more since Wednesday evening when the assassination attempt against a figure of Jewish ultranationalist right, and the death of her alleged abuser. The funeral of the latter took place last night on a background of anger and revenge.
An important safety device was deployed in East Jerusalem. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had called yesterday a "declaration of war" to Palestinians and Muslims the Israeli closure of the mosques.
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