JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police on Thursday barred right-wing Jewish activists from entering Islam‘s al-Aqsa mosque complex atop Jerusalem‘s Temple Mount on the day marking the destruction of ancient Jewish temples at the site. Police spokeswoman Linda Menuhin said Moslem authorities at Islam‘s third holiest shrine also closed visitor access to the mosques after rightist Jews from the outlawed anti-Arab Kach group threw pamphlets onto the site late on Wednesday. "Because of the sensitivity of the situation last night, the (Islamic) Waqf decided to close access and the Israeli police agreed it is not worth taking the risk of allowing them up," Menuhin said. Jewish worshippers prayed at the Western Wall which adjoins the site on Wednesday to observe the holy day of Tisha B‘Av marking the anniversary of the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 AD and the First Temple by the Babylonians in 586 BC. Israel‘s High Court has ruled that members of the right-wing Temple Mount Faithful group be allowed to visit the mount but not pray there.