Calm returns to Jerusalem's Old City after clashesIsraeli police reopened the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque
Al-Aqsa Mosque (The Farthest Mosque) (Arabic: المسجد الاقصى, [IPA /æl'mæsdʒɪd æl'ɑqsˁɑ/, compound to Muslim worshippers and tourists on Monday, a day after the latest clashes erupted in and around Jerusalem's flashpoint site. The streets of the Old City remained calm after the latest violence to shake the site, known as Al-Haram Al-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary) to Muslims and as Temple Mount to Jews. "There are still a number of police patrolling in and around the Old City," Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. "But the Temple Mount will be open to both visitors and Muslim worshippers." The site of the compound is the holiest place in Judaism and third-holiest to Muslims, after the Saudi cities of Mecca and Medina. Dozens of Israeli police and Palestinians were wounded when clashes erupted at the compound on Sunday after Muslim leaders called on their followers followers see dairy herd. to defend the site, accusing Jewish extremists of plotting to enter. Police twice entered the compound and clashed with stone-throwing Palestinian youths in the narrow streets of the Old City, Jerusalem's main tourist attraction Noun 1. tourist attraction - a characteristic that attracts tourists attractive feature, magnet, attractor, attracter, attraction - a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts; "flowers are an attractor for bees" . At least 18 Palestinians were detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: during the fighting. Sunday's violence was the latest to rock the holy site, where perceived changes in the status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy. have often sparked deadly clashes. 
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