As a result, police made a decision to close access to Jewish worshippers and other visitors for the remainder of the week to prevent tensions with Muslim worshippers until Ramadan is over.
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The al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site for Muslims after Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and Masjid al-Nabawi in Medina.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said rocks and other objects were hurled toward police forces Jewish worshippers in a nearby plaza.
Police say site closed to Jews and other non-Muslim visitors until end of Islam’s holy month after two days of clashes.
Israeli military forces have once again raided the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Israeli-occupied Old City of al-Quds (Jerusalem) and engaged in scuffles with a group of Palestinians there.
He said that these Israeli practices, that are totally rejected and condemned, contradict all global laws and conventions that guarantee freedom of worship and respect of holy sites.
Israel’s Shin Bet security service announced Sunday that it had arrested a total of five Palestinians who are suspected of carrying out a terror attack on an Israeli solider in the West Bank last month.
She added Israeli police officers “suppressed the stone throwers using riot dispersal means”.
Jordan, he added, urges the worldwide community, to hold Israel, as the occupying power, fully responsible for what is happening in Jerusalem and force it to implement all United Nations resolutions.
The violence erupted amidst Palestinian fears that Israel is attempting to change the long-held status quo at the site, which allows Jews to visit the compound but not to pray there.
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While Jewish visitation is permitted to the compound, non-Muslim worship is prohibited according to an agreement signed between Israel and the Jordanian government after Israel’s illegal occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967. Jordan condemned Israel for allowing police to enter the holy site. In the past year, there has been an increase in the number of Jewish visitors to the site, where Jews believe the First and Second Temples were built.
