Mount Meron

High Court rejects petition to prevent convicted sex offender Berland from lighting Meron torch

The MQG, along with haredi activist Tzippy Lavi and five other women's rights groups, had requested that the court cancel the permit granted to the sect to light the fire.

Rabbi Eliezer Berland and Rabbi Ofer Erez
Police push back Jews who tried to enter the Tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'Omer, in Meron. May 26, 2024.

Ministers outraged after police seen shoving elderly man to ground at Mount Meron

 Rabbi Elimelech Biderman with his followers celebrate the jewish holiday of Lag Ba'Omer, in Meron. May 9, 2023

Mount Meron Lag Ba'Omer pilgrimage cancelled due to ongoing Hezbollah conflict

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Mount Meron to close if insurance policy not renewed - report

This follows the disastrous crush incident in April, which saw 45 people killed on the Lag Ba'omer holiday.

Jewish worshippers sing and dance as they stand on tribunes at the Lag B'Omer event in Mount Meron on April 29, 2021

Crowd limits, staggered visitation recommended for celebrations at Meron

State Commission of Inquiry into Meron disaster recommends staggering the arrival of pilgrims to the holy site for the coming Lag Ba’omer celebation, limiting maximum number allowed on site.

Jewish worshippers sing and dance as they stand on tribunes at the Lag Ba’omer event on Mount Meron on April 29.

Justice minister to green light Case 3000 state inquiry

Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar has announced that the would approve a state inquiry into the "Submarine Affair."

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Meron Disaster: Kotel Rabbi blames variety of groups

Holy Sites rabbi slams extremist haredim, police, Justice Ministry.

Workers are seen removing bleachers on Mount Meron, on July 1, 2021.

Top police official: Politicians refused to limit Meron attendance

The Mount Meron investigations committee began taking witness statements on Sunday morning, with the commander of the Northern District Police Superintendent Shimon Lavi as the first witness

Commander of the Northern District Police Superintendent Shimon Lavi, the first witness of the Meron committee on August 22.

Meron investigation committee visits Meron

Three committee members inspected the walkway, Toldot Aron plaza, where mass crush leading to the death of 45 men and boys took place in April.

Three Meron committee members investigating

State Comptroller bows out of Meron probe in favor of state inquiry

Englman first announced that he would probe the disaster back on May 3 when it appeared that the government of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu would block any attempt at a state inquiry.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews look at stairs with waste on it in Mount Meron, northern Israel, where fatalities were reported among the thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered at the tomb of a 2nd-century sage for annual commemorations that include all-night prayer and dance, April 30, 2021.

Memorial for Mount Meron victims vandalized at the scene of the disaster

The memorial features photos of the 45 people crushed to death at the Lag Ba'omer event in April of this year and hangs next to the path where the crush occurred.

The memorial for the victims of the Mount Meron tragedy was found destroyed on the ground, July 14, 2021

Israel's A-G suspends Mount Meron tragedy investigation

The investigation into the disaster in which 45 men and boys were crushed to death at the Meron holy site in April did not get past preliminary steps.

The bodies of the victims of the tragedy at Mount Meron on Lag Ba'omer.

MK Miri Regev: 'Writing is on the wall' for Temple Mount bridge collapse

The Mughrabi Bridge was originally built as a temporary structure and despite a safety warning issued in 2011, has remained in operation since

Israeli soldiers walking past Mughrabi Bridge, the wooden footbridge leading up from the Western Wall to the sacred compound where al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock shrine (not seen), in Jerusalem's Old City.