- Uri Ariel
MKs
Date of birth = Birth date and age|1952|12|22|df=y
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Date of death =
Knesset(s) = 15th, 16th, 17th (current)
Party =Tkuma
(part of the National Union)
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Gov't roles =Uri Yehuda Ariel ( _he. אורי אריאל, born
22 December 1952 ) is anIsrael i politician and Member of theKnesset . He belongs to theTkuma party, part of the National Union.Ariel is married with six children. He served in a combat unit called
Palsar 7 in theIsrael Defense Forces and retired asMajor .Political career
Prior to the scheduled Israeli withdrawal from the
Gaza Strip and the northernWest Bank in August 2005, Uri Ariel moved toKfar Darom in solidarity and firmly opposed the plan. Similarly, he also moved toAmona prior to the dismantling of the outpost.Originally placed 5th in the National Union Knesset list for the 2006 elections, Ariel conceded his spot to
Aryeh Eldad and was listed 6th. Eventually, he was elected 9th to theKnesset after the further union with theNational Religious Party .During the
Sukkot festival in 2006 Ariel ascended to theTemple Mount , saying he was preparing a plan to build asynagogue on the mount [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/772340.html Rightist MK Ariel visits Temple Mount as thousands throng Wall] Haaretz, 9 October 2006] . The proposed synagogue would not be built instead of themosques but in a separate area in accordance with rulings of the prominentRabbi s. Ariel said he believed that this would be correcting a historical injustice and that it is an opportunity for the Muslim world to prove that it is tolerant to other faiths.In March 2008 Ariel opposed the
Knesset House Committee's decision to letAngela Merkel deliver her speech to the Knesset in German. In this context he also referred to the German people as "the mother of allAmalekites " [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/965202.html Olmert accompanies Merkel to Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial] Haaretz, 17 March 2008] , a people whose male children should be killed according to the Torah.References
External links
* [http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=713 Uri Ariel on the official Knesset website (in English)]
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