In the accompanying video we hear and see police arguing with Yisrael Harel, who led a group onto Har Habayis on Wednesday, 25 Tammuz, explaining to them in detail the events that occurred surrounding the liberation of the holy site by the IDF in 1967.

Born in Romania, Yehuda Harel was ten when he arrived in Israel together with his family in 1948. He served in the IDF and was founder of Nekuda Magazine which he edited for 15 years. He was also a founder of the Yesha Council, heading it until 1995. He is a recipient of the Lion of Zion Lifetime Achievement Award from the Moskowitz Foundation and continues activities on behalf of a greater Eretz Yisrael.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)