April 30, 2021 | 12:50 pm
Prime Minister Netanyahu, Health Minister Edelstein, and Police Minister Amir Ohana should resign immediately! This was a catastrophe in the making- a clear and present danger if there ever was one.
On the Eve of the Mt. Meron calamity, I and many others were flabbergasted, and for this reason alone. Israel was one of the first states in the world to have emerged from the COVID pandemic (albeit after 6,000 people died). Without a doubt, PM Netanyahu deserves immense credit for acquiring sufficient doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
In light of the scores of Israeli casualties on Mt. Meron, Bibi must also bear responsibility for what happened there. And why is that? If only for the threat of another wave of a COVID comeback precipitated by the intense gathering of some 100,000 children, women, and men in very close proximity. The PM should have had the guts to tell his ultra-Orthodox political partners that it was far too dangerous to allow the huge multitude i
Edelstein: Almost all Meron victims identified
Ynet |
Published: 04.30.21 , 11:41
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein says almost all of the victims of the deadly crush at Thursday night s Lag BaOmer celebration on Mt. Meron have been identified.
At least 44 people were killed and dozens were injured when a large crowd got caught in a stampede at one of the events on the mountain in northern Israel.
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The Mount Meron stampede is "one of the worst disasters that Israel has experienced" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a visit to the site.
Eyewitnesses criticize the police response to chaos at Mount Meron
From Hadas Gold at Mount Meron and Abeer Salman in Jerusalem
Jewish worshipers lingered at the holy site of Mount Meron on Friday trying to understand how the disaster unfolded.
The scene of the disaster is a stadium-style seating area used by Orthodox worshipers to light bonfires.
The ramp leading down to the steps remains rather slippery following reports of water being sprayed at fleeing worshipers.
A middle railing stretching down the ramp was left completely bent following the stampede.
Eyewitness accounts from the night before are also helping to piece together the frenzy that ensued.