Preparations for the celebration in Meron: The number of participants will be limited to 16,000.
8,000 police officers will participate in security
To avoid a recurrence of the disaster, police have announced far-reaching measures, including limiting the stay at the grave site to four hours.
Arrival will only be allowed by public transport, and only for those equipped with a ticket.
An advanced electronic system will monitor the audience and detect urgency.
Police are also preparing for riots by extremists
Shlomi Heller and Eli Ashkenazi
16/05/2022
Monday, 16 May 2022, 10:10 Updated: 10:26
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In the video: Shouts at members of the State Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Meron disaster (Photo: Eli Ashkenazi and Shlomi Gabay)
Police are taking final steps towards securing the merriment in Meron.
Today (Monday) the police announced some of the measures they will take to prevent the recurrence of the disaster in which 45 people perished last year in celebration of Rashbi Lag B'Omer.
Among the main measures - limiting the number of participants to 16,000 people, and deploying 8,000 police officers to secure the event.
In addition, a new system will be used for audience counting and urgent identification.
Police are also preparing to deal with disturbances that may be caused by extremist groups.
Northern District Police Chief Superintendent Shimon Lavi said that "we are in the final stages of the celebration, in a very significant operational effort between organizations along with all government ministries and emergency and rescue authorities, to allow the general public to safely attend the event."
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According to the police statement, the incident will be held in accordance with the interim recommendations of the Mount Meron Disaster Inquiry Committee.
The restriction of visitors will be carried out through the distribution or sale of travel tickets to the event by the Ministry of Transport via public transport.
It will not be possible to reach the site by private car or on foot.
The stay in the tomb complex will be limited to four hours.
Special populations, including the families of the victims of the disaster, will receive special residence permits from the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
It will not be allowed to light bonfires in the entire compound and in the area of nearby forests, except for one fire whose burning has been approved.
Restrictions on arriving by car at the tomb complex were imposed yesterday.
Tomorrow at 22:00, the restrictions on the number of people staying in the complex will take effect, and public transportation will begin on Wednesday morning.
Organizers on behalf of the event producer will distribute bracelets to visitors to the site in order to track the time of entry.
Transportation to the site will be stopped if the number of occupants reaches 16,000.
"Pests will encounter a severe reaction."
The Northern District Police Chief Shimon Lavie is on the committee to investigate the disaster in Meron (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)
The police will operate a helicopter, skimmers, ATVs and SUVs in the compound and will assist with motorcycles and cavalry.
Superintendent Lavi said that "the person who is incorporating the event this year is the Ministry of Religious Affairs and we are working in collaboration with the project manager and the Minister of Religious Affairs."
According to him, this year's celebration will take place in a significantly different way from what the public is accustomed to in previous years, and enumerated the changes mentioned, including limiting the number of participants and the length of stay.
Lavie also said: "We are aware of the discourse and are exposed to intelligence about the intention of certain groups to disrupt the order and disrupt the event, any such attempt harms the general public and we expect those coming to Meron for a kind of mutual guarantee."
According to him, those who come to harm "will encounter a severe reaction and the full severity of the law."
In recent days, he said, damage to infrastructure on the mountain has been caused, and in some cases suspects have been arrested.
In addition, he said, police arrested suspects in an attempt to sell counterfeit tickets.
However, according to Lavi, the police will only intervene in extreme cases of disturbances, and the responsibility for the entry of the audience and its dispersal at the end of the event rests with the producer.
Lavie updated that the special system that will be used this year for crowd counting at mass events includes an extensive array of cameras and skimmers with analytical analysis capability.
The system's ability to generate heat maps to monitor density and anomalies, such as crowds, crushed crowds and crowd runs.
It can also build a mechanism for warning and predicting emergencies.
In addition, a cellular bubble will be used, a means that allows difficult telephone creation even in cases of network collapse.
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