A Palestinian man argues with Israeli police officers as he waits to get permission to enter the Temple Mount on Wednesday, November 5, in Jerusalem. Police clashed with Palestinians there on Wednesday, leaving more than 15 people injured in the latest round of unrest at the holy site. 
An Israeli soldier aims tear gas during clashes with Palestinian protesters following a rally Sunday, November 2, at a checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah. Tension in Jerusalem is perhaps at its greatest since the end of the second intifada, or Palestinian uprising, 10 years ago -- stoked by a rash of what some call hate crimes and others acts of terror. 
Right-wing Israelis are stopped by Israeli policemen as they try to access the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, part of the Temple Mount, on November 2. The Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism and the third-holiest site in Islam. 
Israeli border police block a road in Jerusalem as Muslims pray Friday, October 31. A day after taking the rare step of closing the Temple Mount, Israel partially reopened access for Muslim prayers Friday. But midday access was granted only to men over 50 and women. Israeli police said this was meant to prevent demonstrations by young Muslim men following the recent shootings of a controversial rabbi and a Palestinian suspect in the rabbi's shooting. 
Israelis walk at the Jewish quarter in the Old City overlooking the Temple Mount on October 31. 
Israeli police detain activist Noam Federman after he tried to enter the Temple Mount on Thursday, October 30. The closing of the holy site -- the first in more than a decade -- infuriated Palestinians, with a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas calling it a "declaration of war." 
A van burns in Jerusalem during clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces on October 30. 
Israeli police scuffle with activists trying to enter the Temple Mount on October 30. 
Israeli police patrol Jerusalem during clashes on October 30. 
Palestinians throw stones in the streets of Jerusalem on October 30. 
Israeli police surround the Jerusalem home of Mu'taz Ihjazi on October 30. Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said Ihjazi, a Palestinian suspect in the shooting of Rabbi Yehuda Glick, was shot and killed after he opened fire on police. Glick, an advocate of Jewish prayer rights on the Temple Mount, was shot after he gave a presentation in Jerusalem on Wednesday, October 29. 
Israeli demonstrators wave flags outside the Menachem Begin Heritage Center, where Glick was shot in Jerusalem on October 29.
- Police lifted age restrictions for Friday prayers
- The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is the holiest site in Judaism
- Muslims know it as Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary
(CNN) -- Israeli police on Friday dropped age restrictions at the Temple Mount, allowing Muslims of all ages to pray at the holy site.
But police said they would keep their "high alert status" at the Al-Aqsa mosque.
The age restrictions were lifted after a Thursday night meeting in Amman, Jordan, between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jordanian King Abdullah and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
Violence surrounds Jerusalem holy site The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is the holiest site in Judaism and the third-holiest site in Islam. Jews call it the Temple Mount, and Muslims know it as Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary.
The Temple Mount has been a flashpoint for violence, and in recent weeks, entry has been limited to women and men above the age of 35. Authorities feared that younger men and teens would cause disturbances.
CNN's Kareem Khadder contributed to this report.
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