The conflict at the disputed site was triggered as Jewish visitors toured Al Aqsa, Islam's third-holiest mosque, during Passover, which overlapped with the holy month of Ramzan. Israeli riot police faced off with fireworks-hurling Palestinians in the alleyways of Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday, April 17 as a visit by Jews to a disputed holy site stoked tensions during the Muslim holy month of Ramzan.
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