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Mount Meron disaster: Israel arrests safety engineer who okayed celebration where 45 died

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From TikTok to Temple Mount clashes: 28 days of violence in Jerusalem

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Amid Jerusalem tensions, Israel bars Jews from Temple Mount today

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Police close Temple Mount to Jews on Jerusalem Day, set to decide on Flag March

Police decided Monday morning to bar Jews from entering Jerusalem’s Temple Mount flashpoint holy site on Jerusalem Day, and were set to also rule on whether to allow a planned celebratory parade by nationalist Jews, amid warnings from security officials that the Flag March could lead to a further escalation in violence. Major clashes began […]

China to set up ‘line of separation’ at summit of Mount Everest to protect its climbers amid Covid-19 spike in Nepal

Covid-19 curbs have reached the top of the world, with China saying it will create “a line of separation” at the summit of Mount Everest to prevent contact between Chinese climbers and those ascending from coronavirus-hit Nepal. Located at an altitude of 8,849 meters (29,032 ft), the summit of the world’s tallest mountain is a […]

Jordan Criticizes Israel Over Temple Mount Clashes

Israeli police run during clashes with Palestinians at the compound that houses al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City, May 7, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad. Jordan urged Israel on Sunday to stop what it described as “barbaric” attacks on worshippers at Jerusalem’s al Aqsa mosque and said it would step up international pressure. Jordan, which […]

Arabs Riot, Stone Police Following Dawn Prayers on the Temple Mount

Israeli police take up positions during clashes with Palestinians on Laylat al-Qadr during the holy month of Ramadan, Jerusalem’s Old City, May 8, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun. JNS.org – Unrest continued in Jerusalem on Sunday morning, as Arab protesters attacked Israeli police in the Old City following dawn prayers on the Temple Mount, hurling stones […]

Israeli police fan the flames at Temple Mount instead of putting them out

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Mount Meron and Metaphysics

Metaphysics, or abstract theory beyond human rationality, is the last refuge for religious reactionaries. It is, by definition, impossible to argue with them on a rational basis. That is why no argument can convince the vast majority of Haredim, and most certainly their leaders, that the tragedy that led to the death of 45 people […]

Sherpa Guide Kami Rita Scales Mount Everest For Record 25th Time

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest for the 25th time on Friday, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak. Kami Rita and 11 other Sherpa guides reached the summit at about 6 p.m., Department of Tourism official Mira Acharya said. They are the first group […]

Israeli Soccer Player in Spanish League Dedicates Goal to 45 Mount Meron Victims

Shon Weissman gesturing with his hands 4 and 5 during Sunday’s match. Photo: Screenshot. Israeli soccer player Shon Weissman, who plays for the Spanish team Real Valladolid, dedicated his goal during a game on Sunday to the 45 people who died in the Mount Meron tragedy on April 30. Real Valladolid went up against Real […]

Why are Israeli Jews amazed Arabs enlisted to help at Mount Meron?

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Photography special: 40 years of Mount Meron Celebrations

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Photography special: Mount Meron Celebrations in photos

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The names and faces of those who lost their lives at Mount Meron

Browse > Home / News / The names and faces of those who lost their lives at Mount Meron May 3, 2021 by JNS Read on for article Some of the people killed in the stampede at Lag B’Omer celebrations on Mount Meron were laid to rest on Saturday night, with the Abu Kabir Institute […]

Gantz pushes for commission of inquiry into Mount Meron disaster

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‘The dead were all around us:’ Survivors describe Mount Meron crush horror

For the tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews who gathered in Mount Meron on Thursday, this was supposed to be a joyous occasion. It was the first major public gathering allowed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and an event commemorating the end of another plague, some 2,000 years ago. Instead, it ended with […]

In largest gathering since COVID, 100,000 flock to Mount Meron for Lag B’Omer

Tens of thousands of people were celebrating the Lag B’Omer holiday at Mount Meron Thursday night, in the largest public gathering in Israel since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Due to the large crowds, police said they were unable to enforce coronavirus restrictions at the site. By midnight Thursday organizers estimated that some 100,000 people were […]

Climber Becomes First To Test Positive For COVID-19 On Mount Everest

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The coronavirus has conquered the world’s highest mountain. A Norwegian climber became the first to be tested for COVID-19 in Mount Everest base camp and was flown by helicopter to Kathmandu, where he was hospitalized. Erlend Ness told The Associated Press in a message Friday that he tested positive on April […]

Questions mount on AstraZeneca vaccine’s ties to rare blood clots

How to explain the serious, though rare, blood problems observed in some people vaccinated against COVID-19 with the AstraZeneca shot? The troubling question remains unanswered before another meeting of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) next week. The vaccine is not being used in Israel, which has been relying on the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Get The Times […]

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