HaLiba

HaLiba
HaMeizam L'Khofesh Yehudi B'Har HaBayit
הליבה
FounderYehudah Glick
TypeNon-profit
PurposeAdvocacy for Jewish rights on the Temple Mount
Location
Director
Yehudah Glick
FundingIsrael Independence Fund, Temple Mount Heritage Foundation

HaLiba (Hebrew: הליבה) or the Temple movements' coalition is an Israeli umbrella organization led by Yehudah Glick that describes itself as working "to re-claim for Jews the basic civil rights of free access, free worship, and free congregation on the Temple Mount."[1][2] "HaLiba" is an acronym for HaMeizam L'Khofesh Yehudi B'Har HaBayit (Hebrew: המיזם לחופש יהודי בהר הבית),[3] meaning "the project for Jewish freedom on the Temple Mount".[2]

History and activities

HaLiba is funded by the Israel Independence Fund and the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation.[4][3] and by the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation (Hebrew: הקרן למורשת הר הבית).[5] During visits to the Mount, HaLiba director Yehudah Glick has documented and filmed vandalism and illegal construction activity,[6] including Muslim crews "drilling with heavy machinery" at the legally protected site.[7][8][9][10]

In a 2014 statement published by the Jerusalem Post, HaLiba described its mission as bringing "together a diverse group of Jewish Israelis – secular, haredi, traditional, national religious, men and women – who are united in their concern that the inability of Jews to freely ascend the Mount to pray, meditate or give thanks represents a grievous and indefensible civil rights deprivation to Jews all over the world."[7] Later the same year, its founder, Glick, was barred from the Temple Mount.[11]

References

  1. ^ Booth, William. "Israel blocks Jerusalem holy site amid rising tensions after activist shot". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b Hasson, Nir (4 October 2014). "Temple Mount Faithful: From the fringes to the mainstream". Haaretz. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b Kratz, Elizabeth (19 June 2014). "Temple Mount Advocate Visits Englewood". ArutzSheva. Israel National News. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  4. ^ SHARON, JEREMY (12 April 2013). "Court awards Temple Mount activist NIS 30,000 for two wrongful arrests". The Jerusalem post.:"funded by the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation and the Israel Independence Fund"
  5. ^ "מורפיקס מילון ותרגום אנגלי-עברי - תרגום משפטים". www.morfix.co.il.
  6. ^ JPnewsroom (19 October 2014). "Police Investigating Swastikas Painted On The Temple Mount Steps". Jewish Political. JP. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ a b Eisenbud, Daniel (18 March 2014). "Rabbi claims he was detained on Temple Mount for videotaping Muslims". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  8. ^ Dvorin, Tova (8 January 2014). "Exposed: Waqf Illegally Drilling on Temple Mount Temple Mount activist catches Waqf officials vandalizing Judaism's holiest site". ArutzSheva. Israel National News. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  9. ^ Dovin, Tova (8 January 2014). "Exposed: Waqf Illegally Drilling on Temple Mount". Arutz Sheva. Israel National News. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  10. ^ Soffer Ari (19 October 2014). "Muslims Daub Swastika on Temple Mount". ARutz Sheva. Israel National News. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  11. ^ JewishPress (21 August 2014). "Yehuda Glick Barred from Temple Mount". Jerish Press. Retrieved 30 October 2014.