Government inquiry on Meron disaster begins working

The newly appointed members of the Meron disaster commission: Commission chair and former chief justice Miriam Naor, right, former Bnei Brak mayor Rabbi Mordechai Karelitz, left, former IDF planning chief Maj. Gen. (res.) Shlomo Yanai, 2nd left, and sitting Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut, 2nd right, who chose the commission members, on June 27, 2021. (Courtesy Courts Authority)
The newly appointed members of the Meron disaster commission: Commission chair and former chief justice Miriam Naor, right, former Bnei Brak mayor Rabbi Mordechai Karelitz, left, former IDF planning chief Maj. Gen. (res.) Shlomo Yanai, 2nd left, and sitting Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut, 2nd right, who chose the commission members, on June 27, 2021. (Courtesy Courts Authority)

The state commission of inquiry into the deadly crush at Mount Meron in April begins working today.

Members of the commission, headed by former Supreme Court chief justice Miriam Naor, have asked to receive a series of documents and materials related to the tragedy that killed 45 people on Lag B’Omer. The committee is cooperating with the criminal investigation already opened by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit.

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