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11 shares Rescue forces and police at the scene after a mass fatality scene during the celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer on Mount Meron, in northern Israel on April 30, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90) A forum of former Israel Police chiefs on Sunday urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a state commission of inquiry into the Mount Meron disaster last week that saw 45 people crushed to death at a religious festival. In a letter to the prime minister, the Retired Police Commissioners and Major General’s Forum said only a thorough investigation examining the role of ...

Ultra-Orthodox media figures are calling for a commission of inquiry, and lashing the state for letting their community endanger itself

299 shares Mourners carry the body of Shraga Gestetner, a Canadian singer who died during Lag BaOmer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, at his funeral in Jerusalem on Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) Ultra-Orthodox men carry the bodies of Moshe Englander, 14, and his brother, Yehoshua, 9, who died during Lag B'Omer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, in Jerusalem on Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) In a sign of mourning for one who lost a relative, a man cuts the shirt of a child whose father died in Meron tragedy, April 30, 2021 (Ol...

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...

The funeral of Menahem Knowlowitz, one of the victims of the Meron disaster., May 01, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Funerals for dozens of victims of the deadly crush during Lag B’Omer celebrations at Mount Meron were held on Saturday night, with men, teenagers and children buried in ceremonies attended by hundreds, as officials wrapped up the process of identifying all the bodies. Brothers Moshe Mordechai Elhadad, 12, and Yosef David Elhadad, 18, of Jerusalem were buried late Saturday near Meron, the site of the disaster. Other funerals were held in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Beit Shemesh, whe...