The restrictions on male worshippers have been imposed on and off since September when repeated clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police erupted at the flashpoint site.
Their lifting comes after a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at reducing tensions that have led to a flare-up of deadly violence this month.
It was not still clear whether the age restrictions were temporary for Friday prayers only or not.
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23/10/15
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The United States is cutting economic aid for the Palestinian Authority, partly because of "unhelpful actions" by the Palestinians, a U.S. diplomat said on Saturday....
ReplyDeleteNews site al-Monitor earlier said the U.S. State Department intends to reduce aid for the West Bank and Gaza in fiscal 2016 from $370 million to $290 million.
A U.S. State Department official, travelling with Secretary of State John Kerry on a trip to Amman, confirmed there would be a cut.
"The decision to reduce assistance to the Palestinian Authority was made this past spring," he told reporters.
"There were several factors contributing to this decision, including unhelpful actions taken by the Palestinians and constraints on our global assistance budget."
The cut was not directly linked to the wave of violence that is currently gripping Israel and the Palestinian territories, the official said.
The source added, however, "we have made clear our concern about inflammatory rhetoric over these past few weeks".
Al-Monitor, which was quoted by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, said the cut followed mounting criticism in the U.S. Congress about Palestinian "incitement".
Kerry was in Amman on Saturday where he held talks with Jordan's King Abdullah II and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on how to brake the latest bloodletting.
The visit is part of a diplomatic scramble to defuse tensions many fear could herald a new intifada, or Palestinian uprising.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/10/25/Washington-to-cut-aid-to-Palestinian-Authority.html
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