Israeli border police check Palestinians West Bank identity card at an Israeli checkpoint between the town of Bethlehem and Jerusalem, as he heads to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the forth and last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on July 1 , 2016. Israeli authorities announced on June 28 they were closing Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound to non-Muslim visitors until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan after a series of clashes between worshippers and Israeli police. Clashes have been taking place every morning since the beginning of the week over Jewish visits to the site, with youths throwing stones and security forces firing tear gas and sponge-tipped bullets. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun
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