Israel on Sunday ratified a long-standing arrangement with Muslim authorities that halted Jewish prayer at a disputed Jerusalem holy site, pushing back against a lower Israeli court that ruled the legality of police action against violators. But the question was raised. The Al Aqsa Mosque complex, which Jews regard as the remains of two of their ancient temples, is a flashpoint of Israeli-Palestinian tensions. Under the decades-old “status quo,” Israel allows Jews to leave only if they abstain from religious rites. Three Jewish minors, ordered by police to stay away for 15 days after they prostrated themselves and prayed the...