Rabbi Yehuda Glick to be sworn in on Wednesday; continued threats on his life prompt special security measures.

On Monday the Knesset Guard Sergeant-at-Arms Brigadier General Yossi Grif assigned a bodyguard to Israel’s newest MK, Temple Mount activist Rabbi Yehuda Glick, following threats upon his life.

Glick, who was shot and severely wounded in an assassination attempt in 2014, has been the subject of regular death threats by Arab terrorists. He will be one of the few Knesset members to have regular protection by an armed guard.

Replacing out-going Likud MK and former Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, Glick will be sworn in to the Knesset at a ceremony on Wednesday.

In light of a prohibition established by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu against MKs visiting the Temple Mount, Glick will be unable to tour the Mount during his tenure as a Knesset Member. He ascended the holy site one last time on Monday before meeting with Netanyahu, who warned him not to set foot on the Temple Mount so long as he serves in the Knesset.

“This is the last time you do something like this to me,” Netanyahu told Glick. Glick responded by saying that the visit had been coordinated with Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan.