JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli police plan to bar young Muslim men from entering Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site Friday in an effort to ensure calm amid a wave of violence.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said Thursday that men under the age of 40 will be prevented from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. There were no restrictions on entry for women.
The hilltop compound is sacred to both Muslims and Jews and has been at the center of the recent violence.
The age limit has been put in place intermittently in an attempt to ensure calm as it’s mostly young male Palestinians involved in the violence.
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