The Lag B'Omer celebration in Meron will begin Thursday evening, approximately an hour after sunset, with the traditional lighting of the bonfire atop the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai by the Rebbe ...

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 ...

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.

When officials see those tactics work, why would they even bother trying to fix the problems that plague Israel? Why would they bother trying to solve some of the decades-old challenges Israel faces?

The police reported Thursday afternoon that hundreds of haredi extremists broke into the Tomb of the Talmudic sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai on Mount Meron, breaking down the partitions between the ...

Though the investigation into the deadly disaster at Mt. Meron on Thursday night was still in its earliest stages as the weekend ended, recriminations from current and former officials in top ...

Hezbollah intensified attacks on northern Israel, targeting Kiryat Shmona and Meron as reports point to a new strategy.

Hezbollah said in a statement that it carried out a missile strike targeting the air traffic control unit at Meron Air Control Base in northern ...