On the first day of the new Bennett-Lapid government on Monday, Defense Minister Benny Gantz submitted a proposal to establish a state commission of inquiry into the Meron disaster.
The proposal is identical to the proposal Gantz submitted to the previous government.
The new government’s coalition agreements called for a proposal for a state inquiry to be presented and approved at its very first meeting.
“This is a moral and ethical obligation for the families but no less important, it is a matter of an obligation to investigate [the disaster] and prevent such tragic incidents in the future,” the proposal stated.
The estimated cost of managing and operating a commission of inquiry is about NIS 5 million a year.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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“Instead of being 4 exits out of the Toldos Aharon complex as recommended by the Fire and Rescue Service, the police blocked all other exits out of the complex, so there was a single exit. Then at 12.30am, the police also blocked that exit without making any announcement that exit was blocked. Over the next 25 minutes more and more people exited the Toldos Aharon plaza via the metal ramp, without knowing the exit at the bottom of the stairs had been blocked by police. Shortly before 1am, people started to asphyxiate to death while the police looked on and refused to open the exit. Then shortly before 1am, police pulled the gates at the bottom of the stairs away – and instantly the crowd of people collapsed on top of each other. That’s how 45 people were crushed and asphyxiated to death – and despite all this ‘heroic police’ spin, the nation knows the truth.”
Great, finally someone who cares.