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Israeli officials had a plan to prevent tragedy at Mt. Meron. It was ignored 4 May, 2021 10:02 PM 9 minutes to read A vigil in Tel Aviv on Sunday in memory of the 45 ultra-Orthodox Jews killed in the stampede. Photo / AP A vigil in Tel Aviv on Sunday in memory of the 45 ultra-Orthodox Jews killed in the stampede. Photo / AP New York Times By: Patrick Kingsley and Isabel Kershner Years of negligence preceded the stampede that killed 45 people. But patchwork religious oversight and the state's reluctance to intervene sunk efforts to bring order to the site. A week before the annual Jew...

Schwinger retorted by saying that the "responsible party in this area is Israel Police, and we must not allow them to run away from this matter...in practice the landlord here in the field, in terms of safety, is the Israel Police." The police are pointing fingers at the director general of National Center for Development of Holy Places and those responsible for the holy sites in the north – both of which fall under the authority of the Religious Services Ministry. "Why aren't they asking them for answers?" A senior official in the police wondered, "They're the ones who determined when peop...

Get email notification for articles from Amos Harel Follow May. 2, 2021 5:59 AM The Lag Ba’omer hillula that ended in mass casualties on Mount Meron was not the only large gathering that was scheduled to take place in the Galilee last week. Tens of thousands of members of Israel’s Druze community had planned to visit the grave of Nabi Shuaib in Kfar Hittim on April 25, for the Habi Shuaib festival. But the Druze leadership canceled the pilgrimage in the wake of heavy pressure from the commander of the Israel Police Northern District, Maj. Gen. Shimon Lavi, and Israel’s coronavirus czar...

'); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: '/', type: 'banner', zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, secure: true }); Since about 1918, the site of the Rashbi tomb has been managed as a public sanctuary by the Sephardic Trust of Tsfat. There is controversy as to whether the Sephardic trust had run the site even earlier, or whether the place was purchased and registered in its name only in 1888. But in 1920, the bulk of the compound was registered with the Mandatory Land Registry in the name of the Sephardic trust, while a smaller area was registered in the name of the Trust Committee of the Ashke...

Get email notification for articles from Josh Breiner Follow May. 2, 2021 10:20 PM Justice Minister Benny Gantz announced on Sunday his plans to establish a state commission of inquiry to examine the blunders that led to the deaths of 45 people on Mount Meron on the Lag Ba'omer holiday Thursday. Gantz contacted Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit to get a legal opinion authorizing him to set up the committee under a transitional government. He also asked that Supreme Court President Esther Hayut appoint a judge to head the committee and assure the inquiry’s independence. “Only a state co...