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From the blog of Chava Berman Kaplan at The Times of Israel

From the blog of Mohamed Chtatou at The Times of Israel

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 peop...

Israel stampede was disaster waiting to happen: More than 100,000 crammed into site despite reports from 2008 and 2011 warning it posed 'danger to human life' and capacity shouldn't exceed 15,000 - as Orthodox community lays victims to rest Ex-comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss, who wrote a report from 13 years ago, warned of 'dangers to human life' A separate report two years later, in 2011, also said: 'The existing situation must be immediately changed' First victims of Israeli festival crush identified as funerals got underway in keeping with Orthodox tradition  Among dead include singer fro...

British victim of Israel stampede: 24-year-old man from Manchester is named among the 45 people killed in crush amid claims Orthodox Jewish leaders put pressure on organisers NOT to limit numbers at festival 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 Moshe Bergman, from Manchester,