Israeli officials had a plan to prevent tragedy at Mt. Meron. It was ignored
4 May, 2021 10:02 PM
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A vigil in Tel Aviv on Sunday in memory of the 45 ultra-Orthodox Jews killed in the stampede. Photo / AP
A vigil in Tel Aviv on Sunday in memory of the 45 ultra-Orthodox Jews killed in the stampede. Photo / AP
New York Times
By: Patrick Kingsley and Isabel Kershner
Years of negligence preceded the stampede that killed 45 people. But patchwork religious oversight and the state s reluctance to intervene sunk efforts to bring order to the site. A week before the annual Jewish pilgrimage
Israel remembers festival dead: Day of mourning is held for 45 people crushed to death in stampede after British man, 24, was named amongst victims
Flags were lowered at half-mast across Israel on Sunday to mourn victims of the stampede on Thursday night
Brit Moshe Bergman, 24, from Manchester, was formally identified as amongst the victims on Saturday
Insiders claimed there was political pressure on police to hold the event at any cost ahead of deadly crush
Reports say the head of Shas, a Haredi religious political party in Israel, asked there to be no limit of numbers
A total of 45 people were killed in the stampede at Mount Meron, Israel on Thursday, with at least 150 injured
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People light candles during a vigil in Habima Square in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on May 1, 2021,in the aftermath of a deadly stampede in a northern Jewish pilgrimage town. The the overnight disaster killed at least 45 people at an Orthodox Jewish pilgrimage site, one of the nation s worst peacetime disasters. JACK GUEZ / AFP
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In total, 45 people were killed as worshippers tripped and fell on a packed staircase at Mount Meron on Thursday.
A British man has today been named as among the victims of a stampede at a Jewish pilgrimage site that tragically left 45 people dead after hundreds of worshippers became trapped in an overcrowded passageway in Israel.
The Mount Meron stampede was one of the worst peacetime disasters in Israel s history.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Israel was preparing Saturday to bury more victims of a stampede that killed at least 45 people at a Jewish pilgrimage site, one of the nation s worst peacetime disasters.
Most of the victims were ultra-Orthodox Jews and funerals were expected to be held after sunset which ends the Sabbath, the Jewish day of rest.
Some funerals had already taken place on Friday, just hours after the overnight disaster.
Tens of thousands of people had thronged to Mount Meron and the reputed tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai to mark the Lag BaOmer holiday and commemorate the second-century Talmudic sage s death.
Israel to resume stampede funerals after Sabbath pause
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01/05/2021 - 10:22 The Mount Meron stampede was one of the worst peacetime disasters in Israel s history Menahem KAHANA AFP 4 min
Jerusalem (AFP)
Israel was preparing Saturday to bury more victims of a stampede that killed at least 45 people at a Jewish pilgrimage site, one of the nation s worst peacetime disasters.
Most of the victims were ultra-Orthodox Jews and funerals were expected to be held after sunset which ends the Sabbath, the Jewish day of rest.
Some funerals had already taken place on Friday, just hours after the overnight disaster.
Tens of thousands of people had thronged to Mount Meron and the reputed tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai to mark the Lag BaOmer holiday and commemorate the second-century Talmudic sage s death.