A year has not passed in which chareidi lawmakers do not decry the transportation failures to and from Meron on Lag B’Omer. However, it is being reported this year appears to be a record-breaking.

Police did not permit empty buses to pick up mispallalim who wished to return home on Lag B’Omer morning. Hundreds are waiting on line, and some, as seen in the video, are finding ways to get on a bus by bypassing the doors.

Buses heading to Tzfat, Carmiel and other areas were simply stuck in traffic for hours. The police checkpoints did not operating properly and parking areas collapsed from the lack of organization. Many are already accusing police of not deploying sufficient manpower.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)