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May. 6, 2021
The Mount Meron passageway where 45 people were crushed to death last week was illegally built some 20 years ago by the ultra-Orthodox Toldos Aharon sect so that men would be able to enter the compound without coming into contact with women. No government entity acted to stop it.
The Meron disaster occurred as people left the Lag Ba’omer bonfire lighting ceremony conducted by the insular anti-Zionist sect. Toldos Aharon has known for years that the passageway was too narrow and crowded to accommodate crowds of the magnitude that have been coming to Mount Meron on Lag Ba’omer. In the past, they closed it off during the lighting ceremony itself to avoid problems, but on the night of the disaster, access was permitted without limitation. ....

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