The incident on Mount Meron is far from over, after the police forces left Zion to secure the memorial event in memory of the 45 victims, the forces returned recently in an attempt to evacuate the masses | Projector Meron explained the collapse of the outline and claimed that he feared that people would not return safely from the incident
In the shadow of the collapse of the Meron outline and the preparations for the event now taking place on the mountain in memory of the 45 people killed in the Meron disaster and the clashes that ensued, Meron project manager Zvi Tessler said in a statement that he “regrets that a handful of people deliberately and maliciously destroyed what we built – and succeeded.” According to him, this is the reason for the end of the revelry. “Four and a half months ago, I took on a role whose purpose was to hold the celebration and succeed in bringing everyone home safely,” Tessler added.
Tessler later approached the bereaved families, and apologized; “We will have to understand with the police what happened. We will check maybe we should be better in different circles together with the police. A small handful, unfortunately, ruined the revelry.” He said the revelry is not over yet as long as there are people on the mountain: “I worked and I work hard to bring everyone home safely.”
Earlier, after the decisive failure and the collapse of the Meron outline, Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs Matan Kahana blames the zealots who he claimed were the ones who closed the event earlier than expected and thousands who were stuck hours before the break-in were forced to return disappointed to Haredi cities. A video in which he said: “This afternoon, groups of zealous-skeptical extremists arrived who came with the aim of destroying and sabotaging the revelry that worked until those hours in a good way.”
“In view of the situation of life-threatening situation, the commander of the northern district of the police made decisions intended to protect human life. I was present with him at the HFK during those hours and I back up his decisions,” the deputy minister said. Which led to the public outrage that led to the mass burglary, saying that “in light of the fact that the fanatics sabotaged the safety infrastructure of the place, I decided that the revelry could not be continued as planned. The police are working hard to end the reunion safely. “
The Minister of Internal Security, Amar Bar-Lev, also commented on the clashes on Mount Meron, following which it was decided to end the Lag B’Omer celebration at the site, saying that these were “groups of ultra-Orthodox who behaved violently and savagely, sabotaging the infrastructure and endangering the safety and security of those present.” The incident. “He added that:” This is an unstoppable minority, which challenges the law and order in the State of Israel. “
Earlier in the afternoon, heavy clashes broke out in the Rashbi Zion as thousands of worshipers waited for a long time at checkpoints near the Zion compound, confronted police and managed to remove the checkpoints and controlled for hours the entire built-up area regulating the crowd. The score when at the same time a memorial event is held in memory of those who perished in the disaster under heavy security.