For a grieving Israel, a joyous holiday will forever be tainted

The tragedy struck in the early hours of Friday morning at northern Israel’s holy site of Mount Meron. What should have been a joyous celebration instead left 45 people dead, some 150 injured and a nation that spent Sunday as a national day of mourning.

The tragedy struck in the early hours of Friday morning at northern Israel’s holy site of Mount Meron. What should have been a joyous celebration instead left 45 people dead, some 150 injured and a nation that spent Sunday as a national day of mourning.