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 Israeli soldiers guard the bodies of victims of an attack following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, in southern Israel, October 10, 2023.

The True conception: We continue to be endangered by our own assumptions

By MOSHE KLUGHAFT
 Ultra-Orthodox Jews look at stairs with waste on it in Mount Meron, northern Israel, following the Mount Meron tragedy. April 30, 2021.

Mount Meron disaster tragic, but also a cautionary tale

 Ultra-Orthodox Jews look at stairs with waste on it in Mount Meron, northern Israel, following the Mount Meron tragedy. April 30, 2021.

Likud's response to the Meron report is indicative of what's to come - analysis

Israeli rescue forces and police near the scene of a stampede that killed dozens and wounded dozens over 100 during the celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag Baomer on Mt. Meron, in northern Israel on April 30, 2021

From Meron to Oct. 7: What does ‘responsibility’ mean?

Israeli rescue forces and police near the scene after a stampede killed dozens during the celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag Baomer on Mt. Meron on April 30, 2021.

Lapid: Netanyahu is responsible for Meron deaths, should step down

Mourners gather at a funeral for one of the victims of the 45 deceased of the Mount Meron tragedy, Lag Ba'omer, 2021.

Meron Disaster Commission finds Netanyahu, police, and officials responsible for catastrophe

 A PROTEST against rampant violence in the Arab sector takes place following shooting attacks, in Nazareth, last week.

Israel can't stop Arab sector murders without gov't accountability - opinion

 Former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit arrives to the Meron Disaster Inquiry Committee, in Jerusalem, on May 23, 2023.

Mandelblit and Netanyahu lawyer spar before Meron disaster committee

 DAVID KAHN, grand rabbi of the Toldos Aharon hassidic dynasty, lights a bonfire during Lag Ba’omer celebrations on Mount Meron in May 2019.

New police station opens on Mount Meron just before Lag Ba’omer

 Children and their parents gather around a bonfire to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag Baomer, on May 8, 2023, in Tel Aviv.

Lag Ba'omer: Tens of thousands ascend Mount Meron

People visit Meron, in northern Israel, before of the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'Omer on May 7, 2023

Two years after disaster, Israel Police prepare for Meron pilgrimage

 DAVID KAHN, grand rabbi of the Toldos Aharon hassidic dynasty, lights a bonfire during Lag Ba’omer celebrations on Mount Meron in May 2019.

Idolatry: The Jewish version

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

First two foreign lawsuits over Meron disaster demand 3.5 million shekels each

 FUNERAL FOR brothers Yosef David Elhadar and Moshe Mordechai Elhadar (opposite, far right), killed in the Meron tragedy; flames of remembrance for 45 victims; both May 2, 2021.

Almost 2 years after tragedy, Meron celebrations regulated under new law

Meir Porush, Minister of Jerusalem and Israel's Traditions, March 27, 2019.

Meron disaster victims demand MK Porush be reinstated as Meron celebration supervisor

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

Netanyahu, prepare now to ensure Israeli Lag Ba'omer safety - Meron panel