Today as the last Friday of Ramadan, when the crowds are typically the largest. About 120,000 people were there, a large amount but about half that of last year.
Israel didn't allow young male Palestinians from the territories to visit, although young men from Jerusalem could and did. Others required permits.
And this year, for the first time in several years, there were no riots or clashes between the worshipers and the police.
No rock throwing towards Jews at the Kotel. No fireworks stockpiled in A Aqsa Mosque. No staying all night to be ready to attack Jewish visitors.
Only this morning was there a relatively minor incident, where young men chanted antisemitic slogans and police came in to arrest them before things got out of hand. They threw stones at the police and tried to barricade themselves in the mosque and the police responded with tear gas. But it wasn't a major event, notwithstanding Al Jazeera trying to turn it into a bloodbath.
Israel's security measures paid off. Palestinians had planned to create a major event that would make Israel look bad and Israel managed to stop it.
It is a success story that no one is mentioning.
