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Israel's Worst Peacetime Civilian Disaster Netanyahu's Party Dismisses Inquiry Findings Into Meron Disaster, Labels It 'Political Provocation'

Opposition leader Lapid slammed Netanyahu following the findings of an inquiry into the 2021 Meron disaster, in which 45 ultra-orthodox worshippers died, saying that if he'd been a private citizen, 'he'd be indicted today for negligent homicide and go to jail'

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party slammed opposition leader Yair Lapid's remarks after the State Commission of Inquiry on the Meron Disaster's conclusions were released. They alleged that the Bennett-Lapid government formed the commission to investigate the previous Netanyahu coalition.

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