One day after a deadly stampede killed dozens of religious pilgrims, Israelis came out by the thousands to bury the dead, keep vigil in their honour and protest the lack of government oversight that may have cost them their lives. At funerals, candlelight vigils and raucous demonstrations immediately after the end of the Jewish sabbath, citizens of all political stripes mourned and demanded to know how political and religious leaders let Friday s overcrowded ultra-Orthodox festival take place with little oversight after years of safety warnings.
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A stampede at the religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel is one of the country s deadliest civilian disasters.