Long before the Lag b’Omer stampede, Israel’s Mount Meron was home to a mix of tragedy and euphoria. A similar disaster took place there exactly 110 years ago. That description reflects an ...

(JTA) — The day after the deadly stampede at a religious festival in Israel on Thursday, the focus remained on identifying victims and allowing a shocked country, and global Jewish community ...

"The difficult footage of shoving and the use of excessive force in Meron require condemnation ... to resort to actions like the ones we saw. Israel Police officers have been working 24/7 for ...

Following sirens in the Meron area, 10 launches were identified, some were intercepted and others fell in open areas. No injuries were reported. Firefighting crews are working at four locations ...

A state commission of inquiry filed a report on the Mount Meron disaster to the government on Wednesday, revealing that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Police commanders, and local ...

On Sunday afternoon, pilgrims tried to illegally light bonfires at Mount Meron. Firefighters worked ... as he was leading him away from the site. Israel Police stressed that they "take the conduct ...

Hezbollah fired 62 missiles at the Meron air control base in Northern Israel in a move the Iran-backed militia dubbed “part of the initial response to the crime of assassinating the great leader ...

Israel’s ambassador to the U.N., Daniel Meron, said Friday that the raid on Kamal Adwan was triggered by “irrefutable evidence” that the facility was being used by Hamas and Islamic Jihad ...

More importantly, its undeclared goal was to eliminate the Palestinian human presence in Gaza and that was not achieved. Despite all the destruction and mass killing that Israel inflicted during the ...

In turn, Israel is able to easily carry out its inhumane crimes against ... On the other hand Waters’ interviewer, Meron Mendel—director of the Anne Frank Educational Centre—feels manipulative. For ...