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." "HaLiba" is an acronym for HaMeizam L'Khofesh Yehudi B'Har HaBayit (Hebrew: המיזם לחופש יהודי בהר הבית), meaning "the project for Jewish freedom on the Temple Mount".
History and activities
HaLiba is funded by the Israel Independence Fund and the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation. and by the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation (Hebrew: הקרן למורשת הר הבית). During visits to the Mount, HaLiba director Yehudah Glick has documented and filmed vandalism and illegal construction activity, including Muslim crews "drilling with heavy machinery" at the legally protected site.
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." Later the same year, its founder, Glick, was barred from the Temple Mount.
References
External links
- Official website Archived 2014-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
