Yehuda Glick
| Yehuda Glick | |
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| Date of birth | 20 November 1965 |
| Place of birth | United States |
| Year of aliyah | 1974 |
| Knessets | 20 |
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| 2016– | Likud |
Yehuda Joshua Glick (Hebrew: יהודה גליק; born 20 November 1965) is an American-born Israeli rabbi and current Member of the Knesset. He campaigns for expanding Jewish access to the Temple Mount. He is currently a member of the Knesset for Likud, having taken the place of former Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon in May 2016.
Glick is the leader of HaLiba, a coalition of groups dedicated to “reaching complete and comprehensive freedom and civil rights for Jews on the Temple Mount.”
Glick was awarded the 2015 Moskowitz Prize for Zionism for being "Active for human rights and religious freedom on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount". He also has been referred as a "right-wing" activist. On 29 October 2014, Glick survived an assassination attempt by Mutaz Hijazi, a member of Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine.
Yehuda Glick was born on 20 November 1965 in the United States to American parents, Brenda and Shimon Glick; the family immigrated to Israel when he was a child.
Glick is chairman of the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation, and previously worked as the executive director of The Temple Institute, a group that supports the building of the Third Temple on the Temple Mount. He lives in Otniel.
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