Israeli lawmaker Yehuda Glick, shot in 2014 over his campaign for Jewish prayer an ultra-sensitive Jerusalem holy site, visited there on Tuesday during a one-day break in a government ban.
No incidents occurred as MP Yehuda Glick, of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, toured the Haram al-Sharif compound, or the Noble Sanctuary of Jerusalem.
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A rabbi and lawmaker from Israel's ruling party held office hours Monday outside a sensitive Jerusalem holy site to protest a government ban on visits by MPs and ministers.
Yehuda Glick, who was shot in 2014 over his campaign for Jewish prayer rights at the Haram al-Sharif compound, known to Jews as Temple Mount, said it was a one-day action.Read more
The Israeli authorities decided to intensify guarding an extremist Knesset Member Rabbi Yehuda Glick after he was threatened to be killed on the backdrop of calling to storm and demolish Al Aqsa Mosque, said Israeli media reports.
This comes after a video was uploaded on the social networking websites and titled “Yehuda Glick .. You’re next".
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Jewish settlers led by extremist rabbi Yehuda Glick desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on Monday morning under tight police protection.
As the settlers were touring the Mosque’s courtyards, some of them tried to perform rituals, which provoked some Muslim worshipers there into protesting this behavior by chanting religious slogans.
Glick has become a member of the Knesset after the resignationRead more
Groups of Jewish settlers led by radical rabbi Yehuda Glick early Tuesday stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound via the Bab Al Magharebah gate under the tight guard of Israeli special units and rapid intervention forces.
The rabbi and the settlers broke into the compound and provocatively toured it under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces, eyewitnesses said.
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Israeli right-winger Yehuda Glick, known as the head of the Temple Mount Faithful group, was escorted – together with other settlers – under Israeli armed protection into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem, days after an Israeli court lifted an order barring him entry to the Islamic holy site.
A statement by Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage said thatRead more