Netanyahu at the commission of inquiry into the Miron disaster: "I cannot accept responsibility for what you do not know"/Government Press Office
The conclusions of the Miron Disaster Committee, which were published today (Wednesday), and placed personal responsibility on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Minister of Internal Security at the time Amir Ohana, Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai and the Minister of Religious Services at the time Yaakov Avitan - ignited a great storm in the political system. The response of the Likud party, She was not late in coming, adding fuel to the fire when she called the conclusions "political defiance" and blamed the head of the opposition, Yair Lapid.
The Likud, as mentioned, responded to the committee's conclusions: "The Miron disaster is a tragic disaster.
Our hearts go out to the families of the victims.
In practice, the government has already implemented necessary conclusions and the last event in Miron was conducted with a large and impeccable crowd.
The government will examine the need to draw additional operational lessons to prevent a recurrence of this kind of disaster."
But they did not do so, and questioned the sincerity of the committee: "However, we regret that for the first time in the history of the country the government led by Bennett and Lapid established an investigative committee against its predecessor on the political right, And that a key member of the committee is Lapid's associate, Shlomo Yanai, who received an offer from him for a place on the "Yesh Atid" list for the Knesset.
This is absolutely clear political defiance."
Subject to personal responsibility.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu/image processing, Yonatan Zindel/Flash 90
The Likud party's response, as mentioned, received a lot of condemnation from all ends of the political spectrum - but also from within the coalition and the party itself.
The first to respond was MK Tali Gottlieb, who came out publicly against the Likud announcement, and wrote: "I am a Likud member.
And I do not agree with Likud's outrageous response to the conclusions of the Miron Committee.
45 people were killed in the Miron disaster.
It is clear that many factors are responsible.
It is clear that lessons must be learned."
According to her, "it is better for whoever drafted the Likud announcement to be content with expressing deep sorrow, and a commitment to studying the conclusions in depth.
It is clear that the Prime Minister is not to blame, but he is responsible by virtue of being prime minister. The one to blame is the High Court of Justice, which overturned the decisions of the government's expropriation of the mountain, and there is no chance that the High Court will take responsibility."
MK Eli Dellal, from the Likud party, also attacked: "If there is nothing good / smart / leadership to say - it is better not to say anything!".
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"Responsible leadership needs to take responsibility to learn lessons."
Minister Nir Barkat/Flash 90, Chaim Goldberg
Minister Nir Barkat joined the criticism afterwards: "Responsible leadership needs to take responsibility in order to learn lessons and prevent future failures. It is a grave mistake to turn the commission of inquiry into the Miron disaster into a political event. This is a heavy disaster with very heavy costs in human life and to prevent another disaster it is the duty of elected officials Learn from the investigative committee and draw lessons."
The minister added: "In my opinion, we were elected to serve the public and take care of its safety and well-being. We have the duty to take responsibility for the decisions we made and to implement the conclusions that will ensure that the mistakes will not be repeated again."
As mentioned, criticism was also hurled by coalition officials: "I call on the Likud spokesperson to withdraw his shameful response regarding the commission of inquiry into the Miron disaster and its conclusions," said Interior Minister Moshe Arbel of the Shas party, "we must all respect the dead and their families and guarantee that we will do everything to fully implement the commission's conclusions to save human life".
"The attempt to define the conclusions of the investigative committee as political is sad and infuriating."
MK Zvi Sukkot/Reuven Castro
MK Zvi Sukot, from the Religious Zionist Party, was also outraged by the Likud's response: "As someone who has come to the mountain in the past decades, unfortunately, I can say that the nearby and the hafif were the organizing symbol of Miron in Lag Ba'Omer. An appalling lack of order, together with urgency and chaos on narrow and slippery stairs were The second name for the Miron events. The attempt to define the conclusions of the investigation committee as political is sad, infuriating and disrespectful of the dozens of victims."
The head of the opposition, Yair Lapid, responded to the accusations: "The reaction of Netanyahu and the Likud is a shameful disgrace and an injury to the memory of the Miron victims," he wrote.
"The attempt to discredit Major General Yanai, holder of the exemplary badge, and Rabbi Mordechai Karlitz, the former mayor of Bnei Brak, as if their considerations were political, only prove the low level to which Netanyahu has reached in his attempts to remove from him responsibility for a disaster for which a state investigative committee determined emphatically that he was guilty ".
Minister Gideon Sa'ar, chairman of Tikva Hadada, was also quick to respond, "The Likud announcement regarding the report of the commission of inquiry into the Miron disaster is shameful. It does not contain a single word of respect or appreciation for the work of the committee chaired by Judge Berliner. The attempt to establish norms of escape From responsibility by diverting the matter to a cheap political confrontation - will no longer work in Israel."
"The disaster happened on my shift as Minister of Internal Security, and therefore I have responsibility."
Amir Ohana/official website, Yonatan Zindel
In the Miron Disaster Families Forum, they condemned the Likud's response: "The Likud's response to the conclusions of the Miron Committee is shameful and disgraceful," they said.
MK Lieberman also attacked in his X account: "The greatest civil disaster in the country's history, which happened at Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai's party in Miron, in which 45 men and children died, and 102 people were injured, happened on Netanyahu's watch.
The biggest security disaster in the country's history, the seventh of October, in which 1,210 soldiers and civilians were murdered and brutally killed in one day, over 10,000 people were injured and 253 people, women, men and children were kidnapped, also happened during Netanyahu's shift as prime minister.
According to him, "the conclusion is clear - whoever didn't know, whoever didn't take responsibility and whoever engages in petty politics every day, hour by hour, at the expense of our best sons and daughters who fought and are fighting on the battlefield, doesn't deserve to continue leading the State of Israel for even one more minute."
"Shameful dishonor and injury to the memory of Miron's victims".
Opposition leader Yair Lapid/photo processing, Reuven Castro
In contrast to the Likud party, the Minister of Internal Security at the time, Amir Ohana, chose a more restrained response.
"Since the Miron disaster, I have been carrying with me the grief of the families, those I comforted during Shabbat and those I did not, for the loss of their loved ones," the Knesset Speaker wrote.
"At this time, my thoughts are with them.
The committee's conclusions do not constitute the closing of a circle, but rather the opening of the most important chapter - correcting the situation so that such a disaster does not happen again.
Not in Miron or anywhere else in Israel.
As described in the report, this is a long-standing failure in the arrangement of the event and the infrastructure of the place, but the disaster happened during my shift as Minister of Internal Security, and therefore I have responsibility. I will study the report and act as much as I can to draw the necessary lessons from it."
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