Jewish Temple Mount activist Rabbi Yehuda Glick, seriously wounded in a shooting attempt on his life three weeks ago, on Monday spoke for the first time about the attack. "I am not in the hospital because I had appendicitis. I am not here because I was shot for being a redhead. I am here because someone thought they would attack Israel," Glick said, speaking to Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau, who had come to visit him at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. "He [the attacker] came up to me and stood in front of me. I, in my naivete, did not suspect anything. He said to me, 'I am very sorry but you are an enemy of Al-Aqsa,' and then he shot me. "There was someone with me, Shai [Malka, director of the Likud party's nationalist camp], and he told me, 'Yehuda, we need you,' and then we ran." Lau told Glick that the Chief Rabbinate Council had prayed for his recovery and that he always made an effort to keep updated on Glick's medical situation. "We did not stop praying even a week later," Lau said. On the Temple Mount, Lau said, "I still have not found the right opportunity to go, and I pray with you [Glick] that, with God's help, we will go together to say thank you. Remember, we will stand there together and give thanks." Lau also said the solution to the current security problems was "the fact that the people of Israel are here despite everything, and our eyes look toward Zion." Glick said several public figures had asked to visit him, but he was still recovering and it was difficult for him to receive visitors. He said Lau was the official he had most wanted to see. Lau blessed Glick, praying for his good health and for his dream for the Jewish people to come true. Glick, who was shot four times at point-blank range, is now able to stand and breathe on his own, and can speak with the help of a small amplifier for his voice. He hopes to be released from hospital within two weeks and to return to his regular activities.