Ahlul Bayt News Agency ; Israeli police on Friday barred access to the Al-Aqsa mosque in Al-Quds for Muslim men under the age of 50, Israeli public radio said.
Zionist regime police are concerned about more protests in annexed east Al-Quds after Friday prayers following clashes sparked when a settlement guard shot dead a Palestinian.
The move is in addition to an Israeli military decision to seal off the occupied West Bank for 10 days from Tuesday for the Jewish festival of Sukkot,.
Israeli police fired tear gas grenades and water cannon to disperse groups of youths hurling stones and burning tyres in the Issawiya district of the holy city.
Police were placed on alert in Al-Quds and the alert will remain in place on Friday for Muslim prayers, according to a spokesperson.
Speaking in Washington, Palestinian Authority installed premier Salam Fayyad called on Zionist regime to immediately ease the travel restrictions imposed on the West Bank and Gaza in a goodwill gesture for the peace process.
"This must happen quickly, if not the end of the occupation itself, which would show signs that it will end," said Fayyad told the New America Foundation think-tank.
Israel must dismantle its system of variable controls made up of multiple checkpoints in the West Bank, Fayyad said.
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