It comes as tensions rise, with Palestinians rejecting new security measures put in place by Israel at one of Jerusalem's holiest sites, sacred to all three Abrahamic faiths.
Two days after a deadly gun battle at Al-Aqsa mosque, Israeli police reopened the gates to the holy site but with new security measures.
Metal detectors and additional close-circuit television cameras are now installed.
Dozens of worshippers gathered to pray at an entrance to the compound but refused to enter.
The Mosque's Director, Omar Al Kiswani, says the new measures are unacceptable and believes it is an attempt to impose Israeli sovereignty.
"We reject any changes and we refuse to be remembered as the ones who have accepted those changes to Al-Aqsa mosque. We will stay outside until we get back Al-Aqsa mosque the way it was when we were forced out of it."
The site on Temple Mount was shut down during Friday prayers when five people were killed in a shootout.
It is the first time the compound has been closed to prayers in 48 years.
The Israeli Prime Minister says the move gives Israel complete control over what goes on in the compound to prevent future attacks.
But East Jerusalem resident Ahmed Abu el Hawa says the feeling has been opposite.
"We are not going through airports. We are not going through another country. We are just going to practise our right of worshipping God. To pray to God that is all we need. We are not asking for anything else. People did some wrong why are you punishing the whole country? Why are you punishing the whole Islam community? Why are you punishing the whole Palestinian community? That's not right."
Mosque leaders say they will not enter until the new measures are lifted, even if that means there are no prayers inside Islam's third-holiest site for a second consecutive Friday.
Proposals to change security measures at the compound have sparked controversy in the past.
Palestinians have long feared what they see as Israeli moves to change the status quo at the holy site.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says around 500 Muslim workshippers visited the site on Sunday, known to Judaism as the Dome of the Rock.
"Extra police officers have been patrolling the area throughout the morning and Israel is making sure we are guarding and protecting the status quo of the Temple Mount area."
The escalating tensions come as the French President hosts the Israeli Prime Minister in Paris.
Emmanuel Macron says he would support any initiative seeking the resumption of negotiations of the peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has been frozen for three years.
"In this regard France reiterates, and I would like to do so officially and personally, its unfaltering and unconditional support of Israel's security. As such I am also calling for the resumption of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians within the framework of a two-state solution, Israel and Palestine, living together side by side within secure and recognised borders, with Jerusalem as the capital. That is the constant line of French diplomacy, to which I am deeply attached."
Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel and France share a desire to see a stable and peaceful Middle East.
"On the Palestinian side, I've made it clear that our view is that the root of the conflict, the reason it goes on is the persistent Palestinian refusal to accept a Jewish state, a nation state for the Jewish people in any boundaries and this, alongside the question of enduring security, are the two pillars of peace."
The French President is expected to visit Israel in the coming months.
