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Why was Judah Glick arrested on the Temple Mount? | Israel today

2020-02-18T09:14:43.328Z


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Former Knesset Member Arrested at End of Tour with US Congress Members • "Handcuffed Arrest Demonstrates Great Disgrace"

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Founder of the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation Former Knesset Member Yehuda Glick was arrested this morning (Tuesday) on the Temple Mount Square at the conclusion of a tour with American congressmen. According to the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation and local activists, Glick was arrested for "daring to go too slowly."

In response to his arrest, Tom Nissani, chairman of the Students for the Temple Mount movement, said: "The arrest of a former Israeli MK in handcuffs and more immediately after a tour with US congressmen illustrates our great disgrace on the Temple Mount - the mountain is not in our hands. This will continue and we will continue to struggle until we receive our rights to the mountain, "he added.

"The Temple Mount Heritage Foundation" responded to the arrest: "Former MK Yehuda Glick, founder of the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation, was arrested handcuffs as the last offenders and only dared to" go too slow, "according to police on the Temple Mount. For a long time, the Israeli police, under the auspices of the Ministry of Public Security of Minister Arden, continue to narrow the steps of the immigrants to the Jewish Temple Mount. This situation cannot continue and we urge the decision makers to come back immediately. "

Glick is best known for his fight against restricting Jews from entering the Temple Mount and is working to increase the number of visitors to the mountain and to the right of prayer. In October 2014, Glick was shot by a Palestinian, a resident of Abu Tor, when he left the annual Temple Mount activists at the Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, and was rushed to the hospital in serious condition.

Source: israelhayom

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