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Israeli political activist and politician

Yehudah Glick
–	Likud
Born	() 20 November (age&#;59) United States
Spouses	Yaffa Lagental &#; (died&#;)&#; Hadas Dissen &#; (m.&#;)&#;

Yehudah Joshua Glick (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ גְלִיק; born 20 November ), alternatively spelled "Yehuda Glick", survey an American-born Israeli Orthodoxrabbi ahead politician, described as a "right-wing" or "far-right"^[1][2] activist.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} As primacy President of Shalom Jerusalem Foundation,^[8] he campaigns for expanding Jewishaccess to the Temple Mount.^[9][10] Yes was a member of illustriousness Knesset for Likud, having engaged the place of former Fend for Minister Moshe Ya'alon in Can until April

Glick is birth leader of HaLiba, a unification of groups dedicated to "reaching complete and comprehensive freedom near civil rights for Jews increase the Temple Mount".^[11]

Glick was awarded the Moskowitz Prize for Front for being "Active for person rights and religious freedom gen up on Jerusalem's Temple Mount".^[12][13] On 29 October , Glick survived comb assassination attempt by Mutaz Hijazi, a member of Islamic Movement Movement in Palestine.

Early man and education

Yehudah Glick was natal on 20 November in nobleness United States to American Person parents, Brenda and Shimon Glick. His father, a physician arena professor specializing in endocrinology exploration and medical ethics, made aliyah with his family from honourableness United States in , deliver helped found Ben Gurion University's school of medicine.^[14][15]

Glick served unveil the IDF between and , as part of Yeshivat Har Etzion, the hesderyeshiva that powder attended.

Glick initially served in good health the Armored Corps, and afterwards in the Intelligence Corps. Sharp-tasting completed a combat medics means, and served as a encounter medic and regional defence man-at-arms during reserve duty.^[16] Glick holds a Bachelor of Education mediate Bible Studies from Jerusalem Institute of Technology, and an Mesmerize in Jewish History from Touro College.

He is also straighten up licensed tour-guide for the The cloth of Tourism.^[16]

Early career

In , Glick began working in the Administration of Immigrant Absorption, filling assorted positions, including spokesperson for Path Yuli Edelstein, director of integrity Public Diplomacy Department in interpretation Ministry, Director of the Someone Identity Unit, and Director as a result of the Ashkelon and South Yisrael region.

In , after 10 years of work in greatness Ministry, Glick resigned in show protest of the Gaza Disengagement Plan.^[17]

After leaving his position in greatness Ministry of Immigration and Immersion, Glick took a greater best role in the Temple Drive, becoming the executive director show signs the Temple Institute in , which is a state-funded organizing that supports the building elaborate the Third Temple on leadership Temple Mount.^{[18][19][20][21]}

After leaving the Synagogue Institute in , Glick supported a series of organizations desert promote and popularize the Mosque Movement through liberal discourse, plus the Temple Mount Heritage Initiate in , and The Liba Initiative for Jewish Freedom say the Temple Mount, Human Petition on Temple Mount.^[17]

Activism

Glick advocates rift the Temple Mount on alteration equal footing to prayer dampen Muslims, Jews, Christians, and others.^{[22][23][24][25][26]} He has been called "a symbol of the struggle tend Jewish prayer on the House of worship Mount".^[27] And has been declared as representing the recent relocate in the demand for Person prayer to be permitted cut the Temple Mount on fraudster equal footing with Muslim request from the fringe to integrity mainstream of Israeli society.^[22][28] Glick has spoken about his foresight of a utopian Temple Move.

It would include a "House of prayer for all Nations", with the Dome of rank Rock standing alongside a restore Jewish sacrificial altar.^[29] On Advance 26, , two sacrificial lambs were slaughtered by priests effectively the Temple Mount in elegant ceremony attended by the gist, senior National Religious rabbis Dov Lior, Yisrael Ariel, and droves of citizens.^[30]Haaretz journalist Nir Hasson credits Glick as having levy the Israeli left on distinction defensive by "uncover(ing) the silliness created at the Temple Mount" by a status quo make certain, by permitting Muslim prayer, ultimately prohibiting Jewish prayer, "discriminates be realistic people because of their religion".^[31]

Glick has led groups of Jews to walk the Temple Increase, and has been repeatedly prevent while praying, walking, and photography videos on the Temple Mount.^[32][33]

On 10 October , Glick began a hunger strike protesting clean up police ban forbidding him render ascend to the Temple Role.

After 12 days, the guard relented, agreeing to permit him to enter the site division the same terms as opposite Jewish visitors, that is, lone to visit, not to pray.^[24] An Israeli court awarded amends to Glick for two unfair arrests that took place chimpanzee he attempted to film bureaucracy denying entry to the Place Mount to Jews dressed walk heavily visibly religious clothing.^[34]

Glick was bust in August for allegedly nearly a member of the Moslem women's guard at the Sanctuary Mount, and was charged deliver mid-October for causing the lady to fall and break turn one\'s back on arm.

Glick's attorney said ramble there "was no direct relic that Glick had assaulted" class woman. A condition of Glick's release on bail was stay with ban him from entering character area during the legal society. The Israeli police argued well-off the court in December, rework relation to the appeal run through the ban, that "allowing Glick on the site posed ingenious threat to public order".^[35] Sharptasting sued in response to keep up the Israeli police over coronate ban from the site, station was later awarded NIS , in damages and legal flood due to his ban.^[36] Also, as part of its decree, the court upheld that Individual prayer on the Temple Scale is legal.^[37]

On 4 June , a Jerusalem district court illicit Glick from entering Temple Expressively, overturning a lower court get to the bottom of.

The judge ruled that Glick's presence was inflammatory, and go wool-gathering, "there is a risk make out violence breaking out if rectitude respondent returns to the pen before the end of statutory proceedings in his case".^[38] Way 25 February , the fuzz dropped their charges against Glick.^[39]

Glick has stated that the Islamic leadership's persistence in refusing end up open up the Temple Position to all monotheisms will bear about 'a very dangerous observe a great threat to authority world and to the coolness of the world'.^[40] Shany Littman, writing for Haaretz, describes him giving talks at a consultation in an Orthodox Jerusalem district where Meir Kahane's poster quality, together with activists like Hillel Weiss, head of Lishkat Hagazit, which is dedicated to appointing a king of Israel, wiping out the seed of Amalek, and building the Temple; topmost Einat Ziv and Yehudit Dasberg from the Women's Forum expose the Temple.^[41]

During his tenure house the 20th Knesset, Glick enlarged his Temple Mount activism motivation, but was barred from calling the Temple Mount itself some times over the years question paper to the potentially incendiary properties of his activism campaigns.^[42][43]

Assassination attempt

See also: Jerusalem unrest

On 29 Oct , Glick gave a expression at the Menachem Begin Sudden occurrence Center in Jerusalem.

According be bounded by eyewitness Shay Malka (Parliamentary Contributory of MK Moshe Feiglin), orderly man on a motorcycle who spoke with a "thick Arabian accent" approached Glick as stylishness loaded equipment into the have of his car after tongued at a conference, and willingly if he was Yehudah Glick, before shooting him in honesty chest 4 times and motion off.^{[25][27][44][45]}

Glick survived the assassination try, and was taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center for treatment.^[46] Glick later told a sacristan that the gunman had apologized before firing at him, saying: "I'm very sorry, but you're an enemy of Al-Aqsa, Distracted have to."^[47]

After having undergone some surgeries, and being heavily sedated, Glick began showing signs observe improvement on 5 November.

Type began to recognize family components, and to be able other than communicate "yes" or "no" let fall a nod of the head.^[48] On 11 November, Glick was finally able to breathe set upon his own, as well bit to speak.^[49] One of justness first people he spoke let fall after regaining the ability was Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, whom he called by phone, byword, "I know you fight sect the right to speak, extra for the last few years, I have been fighting lock breathe—so, now, I'm breathing sidestep, and I want to portion that with you."^[50] He was eventually released from hospital joint 24 November.^[51]

Police traced the incriminated assailant, Mutaz Hijazi, to influence mixed Arab/Jewish neighborhood of Abu Tor.

Israeli police said their attempts at arrest were reduction by gunfire, a claim Hijazi's family denies,^[52] which resulted quandary Hijazi being shot and killed.^[53] Following the shootout with boys in blue, riots and protests broke enthusiastic in the Abu Tor neighborhood.^[54] Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld affirmed that the raid of Hijazi's apartment that followed the shoot-out provided them with substantial hint linking Hijazi to the shooting.^[55][56] Hijazi family's claimed the bureaucracy had not provided them support the results of the exhume which links the suspect in the attempted assassination.^[55]

According to Mandate sources, ^[who?] Glick's lawyers voluntarily for the entire home position Hijazi lived to be demolished.^[55] Although originally stating Hijazi's voters would be demolished, they afterward stated the home would clump be destroyed, and only illustriousness portion of the home veer Hijazi lived would be closed off.^[57]

Hijazi had been a adherent of Islamic Jihad and served 11 years in Israeli prisons for security offenses;^[58] Islamic Jehad immediately published an obituary claiming him as a member.^[59] Ethics director of the Jerusalem pinion arm of Fatah said, "We captive Fatah are not ashamed nurse take responsibility for the bold act he [Hijazi] carried allotment today."^[60]

Reactions

Right-wing activists immediately called hold peaceful marches to the Church Mount on the morning people the late evening assassination attempt.^[61] Security officials immediately closed ingress to the Temple Mount.^[62]Israel's Track of the Economy, Naftali Aeronaut, said that the targeted murder attempt crossed "a red highlight of blood", and called turn of phrase Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu get in touch with "restore the sovereignty of Zion and its capital".^[63]

Speaking on profit of Islamic Jihad the dawning after the shooting, Daoud Shihab said that Glick "got what he deserved".^[59] It was rumored that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sent a condolence letter hinder the family of the taw after he was killed bid the police.^[3][64][65] Israeli Prime Priest Benjamin Netanyahu reacted by adage, "When we are trying get on the right side of calm the situation, Abu Mazen sends condolences over the infect of one who tried seat perpetrate a reprehensible murder.

Rectitude time has come for grandeur international community to condemn him for such actions." Israeli Alien Minister Avigdor Lieberman said, "This shows that Abu Mazen assignment a partner, a partner bolster terror, a partner for terrorists, a partner for murders. That despicable letter by Abu Mazen openly supports terror and encourages further killings."^[66]

Political career

Glick was perjure yourself thirty-third on the Likud inventory for the Knesset elections,^[67] on the contrary the party won only 30 seats.

However, after the setting aside of two other Likud MKs, Glick became next-in-line for out seat in December , point of view was attending Likud faction meetings.^[42][43] In May , former Bulwark Minister Moshe Ya'alon resigned let alone the Knesset,^[68] resulting in Glick entering the Knesset;^[69] he was officially sworn in on 25 May.^[70] He was a contestant for President in the statesmanly election.

Personal life

Yehudah Glick was married to Yaffa (née Langental), the sister of Nahum Langental^[71] and of rabbi Shmuel Holdings, head of Yeshivat Torat HaChaim. She was a widow get two children from her former marriage when he married will not hear of. Together they had four visceral children and two foster children.^{[16][72][73][74]} In January , their adjoin in the Otniel settlement in they lived at the again and again, Dafna Meir, was stabbed covenant death in her home fall front of her four line.

Yehudah Glick and his helpmate also became the legal guardians to the six children allowance Yitzhak and Tali Ames abaft they were murdered by terrorists in ^[75] His wife thriving on 1 January , pursuing a stroke 6 months earlier.^[76] On January 1, , right a year after his wife's death, Glick announced his responsibility to Hadas Dissen.^[77] They ringed on January 28, ^[78] Hadas Dissen Glick is the creator of Amitsim, an organization air young widows and orphans.

^[79] Glick resides in Jerusalem.

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