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    Meron (Hebrew: מֵירוֹן, Meron) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located on the slopes of Mount Meron in the Upper Galilee near Safed, it falls under the...
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    at about 00:45 IDT (UTC+3), a deadly crowd crush occurred on Mount Meron, Israel, during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai...
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    Mount Meron (Hebrew: הַר מֵירוֹן, Har Meron; Arabic: جبل الجرمق, Jabal al-Jarmaq) is a mountain in the Upper Galilee region of Israel. It has special...
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    northern Israel, firing about 140 rockets as it targeted air defence and intelligence bases, as well as an Israeli tank. It claimed it struck the Meron IDF...
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  • Meron Benvenisti (Hebrew: מירון בנבנשתי, 21 April 1934 – 20 September 2020) was an Israeli political scientist who was deputy mayor of Jerusalem under...
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    Israel, describing it as an "initial response" to al-Arouri's killing. According to Israel, the rockets targeted a strategic airbase near Mount Meron...
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    violent attacks from extremist groups, in part by cooperating with Israeli forces. Meron Benvenisti, former deputy mayor of Jerusalem, observed that life...
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    crossing from southern Lebanon, the Israeli military said, triggering alerts in the Meron area of northern Israel. Mccready, Alastair (1 October 2024)...
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    citizens of Israel form Israel’s largest ethnic minority. They are mostly former Palestinian citizens who have continued to live in what became Israel, and their...
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    including the lighting of bonfires and pilgrimages to Meron. Additionally, in modern-day Israel, the holiday also serves to commemorate the Bar Kokhba...
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