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Monday, February 17, 2020
Former MK Glick released by police after interrogation following arrest on Temple Mount
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFormer Likud MK Yehudah Glick is released by police following after a lengthy interrogation following his arrest on the Temple Mount this morning.
Glick claimed he had been removed from the compound for “walking too slowly.” A Israel Police spokesperson, however, said that Glick had been arrested after violating visiting rules at the compound. According to police, following a visit to the Temple Mount with two United States congressmen and their families, Glick returned to the compound via the Mughrabi Gate on an uncoordinated visit and began provoking officers there.
The New York-born Glick is a veteran activist for Jewish prayer rights on the Temple Mount. He is a former director general of the Temple Institute and founded the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation. In October 2014, he was shot and seriously wounded by a Palestinian assailant as he left an event at the Begin Center in Jerusalem promoting Jewish visiting and prayer rights to the Mount.
He served as a Knesset member for the Likud party in 2016-2019.
The Times of Israel Community.