Right-wing activist Yehudah Glick, who last year was shot and gravely wounded in an assassination attempt by a Palestinian terrorist, will be allowed to visit the Temple Mount once a month, after the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday canceled a restraining order barring him from the contested holy site.
According to the court ruling, Glick’s monthly visit will be scheduled by police officials, and he will not be allowed to hold a smartphone or a camera during his visits so as not to offend Muslim worshipers at the site.
The court said it could not be proved that Glick’s mere presence on the Temple Mount would either directly or indirectly spark riots at the site or across the capital.
The restraining order against Glick, who lobbies for increased Jewish access to the Temple Mount, was put in effect last September after a Muslim woman filed charges against him for allegedly pushing her and breaking her arm at the site.
Glick has denied the allegations against him. A court had cited tensions on the Temple Mount as a key factor in its decision to keep the activist away from the site.
Glick was shot four times outside the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in central Jerusalem on the night of October 29, spurring officials to briefly close the the Temple Mount to both Jewish and Muslim visits amid a spike in tensions swirling around the sensitive holy site.
The activist regularly campaigns to open the site, known as Haram al-Sharif to Muslims, for Jewish prayer, which is currently banned under the status quo.