Blame game begins after Meron disaster State Comptroller Office deputy director general: The main problem is that no single organization is responsible for the site. The blame game has begun after 45 people attending Lag Ba'Omer festivities on Mount Meron were crushed to death in a stampede in the early hours of Friday morning. This was Israel's worst ever civilian disaster, slightly exceeding the previous most deadly event, when 44 people perished in the Carmel Forest fire in 2010. With fingers being pointed at the police, religious authorities, government ministries and politicians, State Comptroller Office deputy director general Liora Shimoni said, "The main problem is that there is no single organization that manages the site on behalf of the government."