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Taskforce calls for various infrastructure changes to site, expansion of celebration to nearby areas; Lapid appoints team to implement recommendations

Opposition leader, who was PM during 2021 catastrophe that killed 45, tells commision of inquiry he was not involved in planning event beyond concerns due to COVID-19 pandemic

Lawmakers express disgust after ex-PM says he wasn't aware of safety concerns at annual Lag B'Omer event before 2021 deadly crush and can't be responsible for what he doesn't know

Report says police chief Shabtai and other senior officers will receive warning letters pointing to aspects of their conduct; Shabtai has no intention of resigning

With drastic changes to the rules and a clearer delegation of responsibility, organizers prepare for an influx of revelers after 45 people were crushed to death last Lag B'Omer

Suspects caught with crowbars, wirecutters allegedly en route to holy site due to apparent opposition to new safety measures following last year's deadly disaster

Every family to be indemnified for each deceased member; bereaved families' forum thanks ministers for acting in 'rare cooperation' between coalition and opposition

The newly appointed members of the Meron disaster commission: Commission chair and former chief justice Miriam Naor, right, former Bnei Brak mayor Rabbi Mordechai Karelitz, left, former IDF planning chief Maj. Gen. (res.) Shlomo Yanai, 2nd left, and sitting Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut, 2nd right, who chose the commission members, on June 27, 2021. (Courtesy, Courts Authority) The government’s taskforce probing the April 30 disaster at Mount Meron, which left 45 people dead and ov...

Prime Minister-designate Naftali Bennett addresses the Knesset on June 13, 2021 (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset) In a speech constantly interrupted by soon-to-be opposition lawmakers, Prime Minister-designate Naftali Bennett presented his new “reasonable and responsible” government Sunday afternoon at its swearing-in ceremony at the Knesset, pledging that it would “end a terrible period of hatred among the people of Israel.” Struggling to speak over the shouts of Knesset members from Likud, Rel...

As ultra-Orthodox political leaders resist an independent investigation of Israel's worst civil disaster, fearing they'll be blamed, anger is rising within the community