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From the blog of Michael Feldstein at The Times of Israel

On Sunday, June 4, tens of thousands of people will gather along Fifth Avenue to march in solidarity with Israel, and join together at the Celebrate Israel Parade to support the Jewish state.

Caught in tug of war between authorities, religious sects and interest groups, Israel's 2nd most-visited Jewish holy place has no full, official state oversight

Former police chiefs Moshe Karadi (right) and Shlomo Aharonishki. (Yossi Zamir / Flash90) Former police commissioner Shlomo Aharonishki joins calls for a state commission of inquiry into the Meron disaster. Another ex-commissioner, Moshe Karadi, issued the same demand on Friday night. Speaking on Channel 12 news, Aharonishki, who helmed the force from 2001-4, reinforces characterizations of the Mt. Meron facility — around the burial site of the 2nd Century sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai — as a kind of extraterritorial facility where ultra-Orthodox organizers have ultimate control. “The po...

Amir Ohana says stampede at Mount Meron that left 45 dead 'could have happened any other year'; police chief vows ‘full cooperation’ with any inquiry