The disaster this week at a Haredi synagogue in Givat Zeev
Almost forgot to post about this, but shortly after the Mount Meron tragedy, another, almost similar one occurred at an ultra-Orthodox synagogue in the Givat Zeev neighborhood when a bleacher stand collapsed, resulting in 2 casualties:
Two people were killed and 184 injured when newly installed bleachers at a new hassidic synagogue in Givat Ze’ev collapsed during holiday celebrations Sunday night.The defense of the spokesman sounds like BS. It's clear even the council must've failed to take any action to prevent this, and now, it's all resulted in yet another disaster that could've been avoided, all because "secular" authorities are apparently not considered valid for inspection and approval.
Security camera footage of the incident at the new premises of the Karlin-Stolin hassidic community showed hundreds of hassidim falling away as the top three rows of the bleachers collapsed during festivities on Shavuot eve at 7:14 p.m.
The funeral of the two – Binyamin Rubinstein, 23, and Meir Globerman, 13 – took place late Monday night, starting out in Givat Zee'v and finishing at a funeral home on Shamgar Street in Jerusalem.
The hassidim were reportedly celebrating the induction of the new synagogue together with the grand rabbi of the Karlin-Stolin hassidic community, with some 600 people in attendance, according to Channel 12.
During Monday, it emerged that warnings by various officials had been issued saying that the synagogue was not fit for large numbers of worshipers.
[...] Speaking with N12, Jerusalem district police commissioner Doron Turjeman said: “Once again we arrive at an event that involves negligence and irresponsible conduct. The station commander informed the head of the council that this structure is forbidden for prayers and large gatherings.”
He blamed the local council for failing to stop the event, saying: “This is a synagogue. A local authority has all the powers required within the law to deal with it. There is a local authority’s responsibility here in all aspects of authority.”
The police published a document on Sunday evening that was sent from the Lev HaBira station in Jerusalem to the head of the council, stating that “the event is not approved according to safety regulations. The local authority must send inspectors and ensure that the event does not take place.”
Givat Ze’ev Local Council head Yossi Avrahami told N12 after the incident that “the council appealed to all those who are supposed to deal with these issues – appealed and warned them. I instructed my people not to approve this event at any stage.”
He added that earlier on Sunday afternoon, “we put up roadblocks with signs that say the site here is dangerous. The police told us they were [not accepting] responsibility for the event.”
A spokesman for the Karlin-Stolin hassidic community said on Monday night that the correct permits, including safety permits, had been obtained for the building, which would be presented to the relevant officials.
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