Cops block roads, decline to vacate thousands already at site as Haredim called on to arm themselves with pepper spray, tasers; alternate bonfire lighting planned in East Jerusalem The post Police ...

The traditional Lag Ba'Omer pilgrimage at Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai's grave at Mount Meron will not take place this year due to the security concerns posed by the ongoing conflict with Hezbollah, the ...

News guidelines were announced on Sunday night that only up to 1,500 people would be permitted to gather in the communities in the vicinity of Mount Meron: Safsofa, Or HaGanuz, Bar Yochai, and Meron.

Contradicting reports that thousands of Jewish pilgrims have snuck up onto Mount Meron today ahead of Lag B’Omer festivites, police claim that only a “minority” have succeeded in skirting their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: A drone picture shows Mount Meron where fatalities were reported among the thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews who ...

Thousands of Jewish worshipers flocked Saturday night to the tense Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem to celebrate the Jewish festival of Lag B’Omer, after the government massively scaled ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lag BaOmer festival at Mount Meron in northern Israel was held on Monday under tight restrictions. Large crowds traditionally ...

Iran’s Lebanese proxy Hezbollah continued Tuesday (Feb. 27) to fire barrages of rockets at strategic targets in northern Israel, including the Israel Air Force air traffic control base atop Mt. Meron ...

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