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| Police, health officials warned of Meron disaster just weeks before |
| 2021-05-02 |
| [Jpost] "We need to close the holy site and limit the number of people." Top police officers and health officials warned of a disaster at Mount Meron and recommended closing the holy Jewish site at a meeting that was held two weeks before the holiday of Lag Ba’omer. On Thursday night, 45 people were killed in a deadly stampede at the site. The Justice Ministry has taken over the investigation although there were calls over the weekend to establish an independent state commission of inquiry. The meeting and its contents were revealed Saturday night by Kan News which published a protocol of a meeting that commander of the Northern Police District Shimon Lavi held with his senior command as well as top officials from the Health, Transportation and Interior ministries. At the meeting, Lavi said that the police are first and foremost concerned with the public’s safety. "The safety and security of the public and controlling the crowd and the pressure is our first priority," he said at the opening of the meeting. He then went around the table and heard from the other officers. Commander of the Ha’amakim District said: "If the grave is open and all of Israel comes there will be too many people. We should close the gravesite" of 2nd century Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai which is located there. Commander of operations in the Northern District concurred: "We need to close the grave and limit the number of people." The deputy head of traffic police in the North agreed: "We need to close the grave." |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #2 Sounds like these ultra-Orthodox types got some screws loose. |
| Posted by: Clem 2021-05-02 11:37 |
| #1 IDF: Female soldiers who came to rescue in Meron were attacked |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-05-02 11:00 |