Why did the stampede on Israel’s Mt. Meron happen?
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Dozens Crushed To Death, Scores Injured In Stampede At Israeli Religious Festival
Ultra-Orthodox Jews look at the scene where dozens of people were killed and some 150 injured in a stampede during the Lag BaOmer festival at Mount Meron in northern Israel on Friday. Sebastian Scheiner/AP JERUSALEM — At least 45 people were killed and some 150 more injured in a crush at a religious festival of…