Israel’s Land Enforcement Authority on Monday morning oversaw the demolition of Gesher Dov, the passageway in Meron where the disaster occurred.
The demolition was carried out as a part of a series of demolitions of structures and facilities at the site that compromised the safety of the people at the site. So far, the Authority has demolished 50 out of 73 structures that were deemed unsafe, including all the bleachers, hadlaka platforms, passages, and bridges.
“The Authority is accelerating the enforcement [of building violations] in order to enable the planning and development at the site and the orderly and safe preparations for the upcoming [Lag B’omer],” a statement from the Authority said.
On Sunday, Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana, who is now the minister in charge of the Meron site on Lag B’Omer, and Tzviki Tessler, who was appointed by Kahana as the project manager in charge of the Lag B’Omer celebration at Meron, met with the members of State Commission of Inquiry into the Meron Disaster.
The meeting focused on the commission’s insights into the disaster and their recommendations regarding the preparations for the upcoming Lag B’Omer.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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5 Responses
Flatten the whole area to fit a hundred thousand people.
I appluad the Israeli Government for taking steps to ensure that next year’s event will be safer. 50 lives is enough.
Maybe they should close down the whole State of Israel because their was a tragedy?
Why only Meron gets that treatment
To realy confused:
I don’t understand your comment at all. Maybe you can explain yourself in a different way.
We all agree that Meron needs a real big change. We all feel very bad for those tragedies and Meron needs big changes.
Again I don’t understand your comment (realy confused).
@ Really Confused
The Reason only Meron gets that treatment is because specifically due to the way the structures were set up their previously, 50 lives had to be lost. Of course they are going to take steps to make it safer and make sure it does not happen again!