Police out in force for mass Muslim prayers in Jerusalem

Tens of thousands of Muslims prayed without incident at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on the fourth Friday of Ramadan under a heavy Israeli police presence.
About 130,000 Palestinians prayed at the site, third holiest to Muslims who know it as Al-Haram Al-Sharif, and the holiest for Jews, who know it as the Temple Mount, Israeli police and Palestinian religious authorities.The faithful participated in what could be the last Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, whose precise end next week will depend on the sighting of the new moon.More than 3,000 police patrolled the streets of the occupied east Jerusalem to prevent any disturbances during what is often a tense time-Ramadan usually coincides with Jewish high holidays and Israel severely restricts access to Al-Aqsa."In normal times a half a million people would have come, but a lot of people couldn't come because of Israeli closures," Jerusalem mufti Sheikh Mohammed Hussein told AFP.Israel limited Palestinians from the West Bank who can access Al-Aqsa to women over 40 and men over 50. The restrictions did not apply to Palestinians residing in the annexed east Jerusalem, who have Israeli identity cards, or to Israeli Arabs.The West Bank is currently under a general closure, which was imposed because of a string of Jewish holidays over the past several weeks and which is due to be lifted early Sunday.
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