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Mount Meron disaster
Victims of the April 30, 2021, Mount Meron disaster: Top row (L-R): Chen Doron, Haim Rock, Ariel Tzadik, Yossi Kohn, Yisrael Anakvah, Yishai Mualem, Yosef Mastorov, Elkana Shiloh and Moshe Levy; 2nd row (L-R): Shlomo Zalman Leibowitz, Shmuel Zvi Klagsbald, Mordechai Fakata, Dubi Steinmetz, Abraham Daniel Ambon, Eliezer Gafner, Yosef Greenbaum, Yehuda Leib Rubin and Yaakov Elchanan Starkovsky; 3rd row (L-R): Haim Seler, Yehoshua Englard, Moshe Natan Neta Englard, Yedidia Hayut, Moshe Ben Shalom, David Krauss, Eliezer Tzvi Joseph, Yosef Yehuda Levy and Yosef Amram Tauber; 4th row (L-R): Menachem Knoblowitz, Elazar Yitzchok Koltai, Yosef David Elhadad, Shraga Gestetner, Yonatan Hebroni, Shimon Matalon, Elazar Mordechai Goldberg, Moshe Bergman and Daniel Morris; 5th row (L-R): Ariel Achdut, Moshe Mordechai Elhadad, Hanoch Slod, Yedidya Fogel, Menahem Zakbah, Simcha Diskind, Moshe Tzarfati, Nahman Kirshbaum and Eliyahu Cohen.
July 21, 2021, 11:20 pm
Ombudsman suspends probe of Meron disaster to let state commission take lead
Matanyahu Englman says move will allow official inquiry to ‘optimally and exclusively’ investigate the deadly crush that killed 45 people in April
By TOI staff
Victims of the April 30, 2021, Mount Meron disaster: Top row (L-R): Chen Doron, Haim Rock, Ariel Tzadik, Yossi Kohn, Yisrael Anakvah, Yishai Mualem, Yosef Mastorov, Elkana Shiloh and Moshe Levy; 2nd row (L-R): Shlomo Zalman Leibowitz, Shmuel Zvi Klagsbald, Mordechai Fakata, Dubi Steinmetz, Abraham Daniel Ambon, Eliezer Gafner, Yosef Greenbaum, Yehuda Leib Rubin and Yaakov Elchanan Starkovsky; 3rd row (L-R): Haim Seler, Yehoshua Englard, Moshe Natan Neta Englard, Yedidia Hayut, Moshe Ben Shalom, David Krauss, Eliezer Tzvi Joseph, Yosef Yehuda Levy and Yosef Amram Tauber; 4th row (L-R): Menachem Knoblowitz, Elazar Yitzchok Koltai, Yosef David Elhadad, Shraga Gestetner, Yonatan Hebroni, Shimon Matalon, Elazar Mordechai Goldberg, Moshe Bergman and Daniel Morris; 5th row (L-R): Ariel Achdut, Moshe Mordechai Elhadad, Hanoch Slod, Yedidya Fogel, Menahem Zakbah, Simcha Diskind, Moshe Tzarfati, Nahman Kirshbaum and Eliyahu Cohen.
July 14, 2021, 6:24 pm
Knesset rejects bill to provide compensation to Meron disaster victims
UTJ’s Ya’akov Asher’s proposal falls in a 59-55 vote; minister says government has not yet formulated its position on the issue
By Emanuel Fabian and TOI staff
A screenshot of security camera footage shows suspects vandalizing posters of the victims of the Mount Meron disaster. (Screen capture: Twitter)
July 14, 2021, 3:39 pm
Ultra-Orthodox men tear down victims’ pictures at memorial for Meron victims
‘A red line was crossed,’ say families of those killed in the deadly crush during Lag B’Omer celebrations at the shrine; police investigating
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of an Israeli F-15 fighter jet. (Tsahi Ben-Ami/Flash90)
July 14, 2021, 1:55 pm
Iron Dome almost knocked out Israeli jet during recent Gaza conflict
IDF says incident in which interceptor missile locked onto F15 plane, mistaking it for Hamas rocket, under investigation
By TOI staff
Israeli rescue forces and police at the scene of the fatal crush during Lag B'Omer celebrations on Mt. Meron, in northern Israel on April 30, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)
July 12, 2021, 4:38 pm
Attorney general freezes criminal probe into Meron disaster
Avichai Mandeblit says priority will be given to the state commission of inquiry to investigate the deadly crush that killed 45 people in April
By TOI staff
Workers dismantle a temporary structure at a compound in Meron, northern Israel, on June 30, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)
July 4, 2021, 6:28 pm
Meron disaster commission begins investigation, orders documents handed over
Attorney general given 30 days to present government reports on planning of Lag B’Omer event at Mount Meron, where 45 people were killed in a deadly crush
By TOI staff
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)
June 27, 2021, 11:52 am
Former chief justice Naor to head Meron disaster probe, with sweeping mandate
Mordechai Karelitz, former Bnei Brak mayor, will be Haredi voice on 3-member panel, alongside IDF’s ex-head of planning; April 30 tragedy claimed 45 lives, mostly ultra-Orthodox
By TOI staff
The crowd in the moments before the Mount Meron tragedy, April 30, 2021 (Screen grab)
June 22, 2021, 12:56 pm
Police said to question 2 top Hasidic figures over Mount Meron disaster
Toldos Aharon officials reportedly suspected of negligent homicide over event where 45 people were crushed to death; cabinet has okayed state commission of inquiry
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrives for his first cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 20, 2021. (Emmanuel Dunand/Pool Photo via AP)
June 22, 2021, 3:32 am
A changing of the guard, as Bennett’s new government hits the ground running
Substantive decisions made on key issues – a Meron commission of inquiry and power-sharing bylaws – highlight the difference between the new coalition and Netanyahu’s
By Tal Schneider
Israelis light candles for the 45 victims who were killed in a crush at Mount Meron during the Lag B'Omer celebrations, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv. May 2, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 20, 2021, 9:23 pm
Meron probe to target politicians, police officials, religious figures – report
Government will allocate NIS 6 million to commission of inquiry expected to investigate behavior of former ministers Amir Ohana, Aryeh Deri, and Yaakov Litzman
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (5th left) leads his first cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 20, 2021. (Amit Shabi/POOL)
June 20, 2021, 12:48 pm
In 1st cabinet meeting, new government okays state inquiry into Meron disaster
PM Bennett urges unity within diverse coalition, says coalition will continue ‘determinedly opposing Iran reaching a nuclear weapon’; IDF chief Kohavi’s tenure extended by a year
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (R), Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (C) and Defense Minister Benny Gantz attend the first cabinet meeting, at the Knesset on June 13, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 20, 2021, 6:20 am
Ministers meet to approve Meron disaster inquiry, appoint diplomats
A week after its confirmation, new government challenged by divide over Palestinian family reunification law; security cabinet reviews Gaza policy
By TOI staff
Victims of the April 30, 2021, Mount Meron disaster: Top row (L-R): Chen Doron, Haim Rock, Ariel Tzadik, Yossi Kohn, Yisrael Anakvah, Yishai Mualem, Yosef Mastorov, Elkana Shiloh and Moshe Levy; 2nd row (L-R): Shlomo Zalman Leibowitz, Shmuel Zvi Klagsbald, Mordechai Fakata, Dubi Steinmetz, Abraham Daniel Ambon, Eliezer Gafner, Yosef Greenbaum, Yehuda Leib Rubin and Yaakov Elchanan Starkovsky; 3rd row (L-R): Haim Seler, Yehoshua Englard, Moshe Natan Neta Englard, Yedidia Hayut, Moshe Ben Shalom, David Krauss, Eliezer Tzvi Joseph, Yosef Yehuda Levy and Yosef Amram Tauber; 4th row (L-R): Menachem Knoblowitz, Elazar Yitzchok Koltai, Yosef David Elhadad, Shraga Gestetner, Yonatan Hebroni, Shimon Matalon, Elazar Mordechai Goldberg, Moshe Bergman and Daniel Morris; 5th row (L-R): Ariel Achdut, Moshe Mordechai Elhadad, Hanoch Slod, Yedidya Fogel, Menahem Zakbah, Simcha Diskind, Moshe Tzarfati, Nahman Kirshbaum and Eliyahu Cohen.
June 17, 2021, 12:31 pm
Ministers to vote Sunday on formation of state inquiry into Meron disaster
Cabinet expected to unanimously approve proposal submitted by Gantz and Liberman earmarking NIS 6 million to investigate Israel’s deadliest peacetime disaster, which killed 45
By TOI staff
Yamina MK Matan Kahana speaks during an election campaign event in Sderot on March 17, 2021. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
June 9, 2021, 1:15 pm
Future minister sees some changes on religion and state, but largely status quo
Yamina MK Matan Kahana says he’ll reform kosher supervision, name new city rabbis, and of course there will be a full inquiry into April’s Mount Meron disaster, which killed 45
By Amy Spiro
Then-education minister Naftali Bennett (L) and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid during a ceremony at Netiv Ha'avot, at the West Bank's Elazar settlement, on July 23, 2017. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
May 30, 2021, 2:04 pm
Daily Briefing May 30 – Are times really a-changin’ with a Lapid-Bennett deal?
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By TOI staff
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