David Klein, chairman of the Meron Yishuv committee, testified today (Tuesday) before the State Commission of Inquiry into the Meron disaster, in which 45 worshipers lost their lives, while they came to rejoice on Rabbi Shimon Bar-Yohai’s day of rejoicing. Kikar Hashabat broadcast the testimony live.
“What is happening in the upper part of Meron affects the whole settlement,” Klein said. To stink.
“Take for example this last Hanukkah, about twenty thousand people came to Meron, and the police directed the vehicles into the village instead of the lot on the east side of the moshav where there are 5,000 parking spaces.
“I live about two hundred meters from the Rashbi tomb and I can not get home on Rosh Chodesh, between the times, on 7 Adar, not to mention Lag B’Omer.”
Committee Chairman Miriam Naor: “Tell us about the accommodation in Meron.”
Small: “The issue of hospitality is very prosperous due to the presence of Rashbi’s tomb in the place. No one disputes”.
enlightened: “We heard evidence of coops where people live.”
Small: “There are only two people who have chicken coops that are not in the hilarious area. Beyond that there are caravans and illegal structures.”
enlightened: “Does the council handle those illegal structures, or your inquiries?”.
Small: “The council sent an inspector who had no authority, other than warning letters she gave. The council has not dealt with any of our inquiries for 13 years.”
Committee member Mordechai Carlitz: “Does the seat as a seat receive any compensation for the use of the seat areas?”.
Small: “Agora No. As an example to you, the police set up a green track and a yellow track, and for this purpose they connected power cables to the power poles along the seat, promising that it would pay for the electricity, which has not happened at all to date.”
enlightened: “We heard about ’tishim’ being held in the moshav areas. To whom do the organizers pay?”.
Small: “To the members of the association. I am the one who fired the chairman of the previous session, the dictator who testified before me, due to complaints about serious irregularities in his conduct.”
Yanai: “How many landowners do you have in Meron?”.
Small: “69. In the whole locality there are 100 families.”
Committee member Shlomo Yanai: “How many B & Bs are there in Meron?”.
Small: “I can not know how many B & Bs there are. I know how many households there are.”
Yanai: “Appreciation can you give?”.
Small: “Any estimate I give will not be accurate because I do not collect taxes from the B & Bs.”
Yanai: “How many students are there in the Bnei Akiva yeshiva?”
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Small: “When I worked there, about 300 students studied there.”
Yanai: “Was here until he described that the moshav charges about NIS 80,000 for an event. familiar?”.
Small: “I have never collected such sums from anyone, perhaps it is an association that collected the funds, not the committee of the moshav.”
Carlitz: “We know funds have been transferred in the past year as well.”
Yanai: “Do you attend association meetings?”.
Small: “Yes”.
Yanai: “And you have not seen large sums of money?”.
Small: “I saw what was reported, but not everything was reported because of one dictator who did as he pleased without the knowledge of the other members.”