Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai and other senior other police officers are expected to receive warning letters in the coming weeks from the state commission of inquiry into the Meron disaster, Ynet reported on Wednesday.
The significance of the warning letters is that the commission is holding them responsible for lapses that contributed to the disaster and they will have to face consequences.
Northern District Police Commander Shimon Lavi, who informed Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai on Monday of his intention to resign from police service, is also expected to receive a warning letter and may have to face consequences beyond his resignation. The committee members are also examining the role of other police officers, including Lt.-Gen Morris Chen, who was the head of the Police Operations Department at the time of the disaster.
Despite harsh criticism and calls from relatives of Meron victims for Shabtai to resign, his associates say that he currently has no intention of resigning.
The committee’s recommendations are not legally binding but no government has ever completely ignored the recommendations of a state commission of inquiry.
Opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu, who served as prime minister when the disaster occurred, is set to testify to the commisison on Thursday.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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the only warning is being kinder to the Chereidi……it is shameful the premeditation one does in order to harm our religious communities…..as far as I remember this Isreal is to be totally Kosher so it is you and those who are not keeping their word to the man above……eat that
What’s the status of two missing Jews. ?
Has police forgot or it’s just not important?
First they tried blaming the frum community, turning everyone against one particular group while trying to maintain innocence for an inside job by the Israeli police force.
What difference does resignation make now, over a year and a half after all the damage was done?
They’ll get a slap on the wrist while 43 families reel from the loss of their fathers and sons.
Shameful
I am grateful to HaShem that my family and myself left the scene unharmed, but what about those who didn’t? The first few terrifying hours before we knew who the victims were, was a terrifying experience, but for some families we spent the night with, those moments were the beginning of a horrible reality.