A Israeli Commission of Inquiry established that the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuwas responsible for death of 45 people because of stampede registered in 2021 in Mount Meron during an event dedicated to the festival Lag Baomer.

The findings, presented after more than two years of work, also indicate responsibility Speaker of Parliament Amir Ohanawho was then Minister of Public Security, and Police Chief Kobi Shabtaiwho has already shown his readiness to resign.

An event that also ended about 150 woundedbecame Israel’s deadliest peacetime incident, prompting authorities to announce the discovery “special audit” to try to establish liability and analyze how this could have been avoided.

The Commission emphasized that will not propose sanctions against the Prime Ministeralthough he stressed that “there are reasonable grounds to believe that Netanyahu knew that the site of Rashbi’s grave inadequately managed for many years and what could be danger to people visit this place,” referring to the grave of Rabbi Shimor Bar Yochai.

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“Even if, as a precaution, we assume that Netanyahu did not have specific knowledge on this issue, he should have known about it after the matter was repeatedly transferred to his office,” points out commission reportheaded by a former judge Dvora Berliner.

In this sense, he clarified that “Bibi” is ultimate responsibility for the situation on site and lamented that no lessons had been learned from the investigation into the Carmel Forest fire that killed 44 people.

“Netanyahu did not behave as expected of a prime minister To rectify the situation (in Meron), even though the incident was the focus of the State Comptroller’s attention, it involved numerous ministries and was brought before the government on numerous occasions over the years,” the review said.

On the other hand, he recommended that Ohana not hold his then-current position, now renamed the Department of Homeland Security, in the future, before pointing out that under normal circumstances I would recommend stopping Shabtai.The Times of Israel newspaper reports this.

Following this, the Israeli police posted on their social media account: “Shabtai will leave his post after 40 years of service as soon as the government makes a decision“, he pointed.

Thus, he accepted that the report found “shortcomings” in police work during preparation for the event. “Shabtai, as he has always done in all his positions, takes full responsibility upon himself. He called for an end to his mandate at the beginning of the year, but accepted the government’s request remain in office because of the war“, he concluded.

In turn, the leader of the opposition Yair Lapidfrom the Yesh Atid party emphasized that “if Netanyahu were an ordinary citizen, He will be tried for causing death by negligence and sent to prison.“, before adding that if Bibi remains in power, “the next disaster will only be a matter of time.”

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“The report released today demonstrates that the disaster could have been avoided,” he lamented, before stressing that the document “speaks of criminal negligence, arrogance and disunity.” “This indicates complete irresponsibility.”“, he condemned, before asking Netanyahu to leave his post “out of respect for the victims of Mount Meron” and “to avoid the next disaster.”

Mount Meron, where Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s gravewho lived in the second century, are traditionally visited by thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews on the occasion anniversary of his death during the Lag Ba’omer festival.

Among those killed in the 2021 tragedy: a dozen children and teenagers and at least ten foreign citizensamong whom, according to authorities after the event, were six Americans, two Canadians, one British and one Argentinean.

(Europe Press)