The Knesset plenum convenes for discussion, but following the disaster that occurred on the night between Thursday and Friday at the celebration on Mount Meron • Netanyahu: "We now need restraint" • Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin: "The terrible disaster requires steps to ensure the safety of the participants" • Live broadcast
The Knesset plenum is convening at this time (Monday) for a discussion, but following the disaster that occurred on the night between Thursday and Friday at the celebration on Mount Meron.
Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin opened the debate by saying: "The terrible disaster requires steps to be taken to ensure the safety of the participants in the celebration. It is appropriate that the issue be addressed while respecting the dignity of the victims."
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Immediately after that, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the speech and said that "it is our duty to examine every aspect of the disaster in a thorough and thorough manner."
"We will examine the issue of arrival, security, entry, exit and above all the necessary engineering changes on the mountain, abandonment and responsibility. We will learn the full lessons for the future so that such a disaster does not happen again."
Netanyahu addressed the families of the dead and said: "You will not be alone. We will help the families in everything we can to rebuild their lives, we will be a supportive shoulder today, tomorrow and always."
Meanwhile, throughout Israel and around the world, state mourning customs, mostly symbolic, were practiced yesterday due to the Meron disaster.
At the President's House, the national flags were lowered to half-mast, as were various municipalities, including Jerusalem and Ashdod.
At the initiative of the Jewish Agency and the Zionist Organization, many observed a minute of silence in the Jewish communities around the world. A ceremony in memory of the dead was held in the plaza of the national institutions in Jerusalem. The flags were also lowered to half-mast at police stations, the Border Police and hospitals. At Shaare Zedek, a center for the treatment of mental trauma was opened for the victims of the disaster.