Jewish and Israeli Holidays
P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah Party calls to “raise the level of confrontation in the coming days” and urges protesters to gather on Jerusalem Day for a “day of action.”
Israel will continue to uphold freedom of worship for all faiths but will not tolerate violence, says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a special Cabinet meeting to mark Jerusalem Day.
Fending off criticism over the deadly Meron stampede on April 30, Amir Ohana insists that responsibility and guilt are two separate things.
Ahead of Jerusalem Day, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund gives a glimpse into what the Holy City looked like during the early days of the British Mandate, well before the establishment of the State of Israel.
“Jerusalem’s future is also the future of the State of Israel. It is here, in the city that comprises the full range of Israel’s demography,” says Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.
“It is our fundamental duty to examine every aspect of the Meron disaster,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells a special Knesset session.
“Each one of you is working in their unique field to strengthen the links and to create a larger common denominator for us all,” says Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to this year’s award-winners.
The 19-year-old student from New Jersey was laid to rest in Jerusalem in a funeral attended by tens of thousands, including those online.
A commission of inquiry “does not look for guilt; it examines, listens and recommends,” says former Supreme Court Justice Dalia Dorner.
They came from all over Israel and the world to celebrate Lag B’Omer in the first open religious event since the start of the pandemic. Forty-five would end up crushed to death, while more than 150 were injured.
“The United States stands with the people of Israel and with Jewish communities the world over in mourning the terrible tragedy at Mount Meron,” said U.S. President Joe Biden.
“There were bodies piled up on top of each other—some of the people were alive, and some of them were already dead. I have never seen anything like this before,” said Itzik Itach, a senior volunteer paramedic and logistics director of the Jerusalem area for Rescuers Without Borders.
