At the end of the small cabinet meeting that discussed last night (Monday) the outline of the Rashbi celebration in Meron, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the celebration to be canceled - due to "the fragility of the ceasefire with Lebanon.".
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The decision was made after several security situation assessments, and against the backdrop of the Home Front Command's decision to impose a gathering limit of up to 1,500 people in the confrontation line area - and in the communities of Meron, Bar Yochai, Or HaGnuz and Safsupa.
The discussion in the small cabinet was preceded yesterday by a discussion with ministers about the celebration in Meron. The ministers discussed the security situation in Meron ahead of the celebration - with Minister Ben Gvir leading the opposition to holding the celebration, in order to maintain the security of the worshippers.
Now the quotes from the discussion are revealed:
Home Front Command Major General: The story here is not Iran but Lebanon, with the warning from Lebanon being very short. Even if there were only a few thousand in Meron on the mountain - this means that if a rocket or a drone is launched, it is a disaster.
Minister Ben Gvir: Explain, so that everyone here will understand.
Security factor: It could be over a hundred dead.
MK Meir Porsh: Why are you canceling now? Everyone here agrees that if there is a ceasefire in Iran, then there will be revelry. Why specifically against the Haredim?
Prime Minister: We are talking about shooting from Lebanon, not Iran.
Minister Ben Gvir: It's exactly the opposite, the rabbi is resigning. We are making sure that the ultra-Orthodox are not harmed just as we are making sure that secularists or national religions are not harmed.
I very much understand and am saddened that the event has to be canceled, but I am not willing to take any risk, not even on the life of a single person who comes to pray in Meron. What rabbi would grant permission for real life-saving measures?
Porush: So why did they open 'Teddy' in Jerusalem?
Prime Minister: It's not the same... It's in Jerusalem. In the north, the warning time is completely different.
Minister Ben Gvir: We must not take a risk and endanger people's lives.
Minister Miri Regev: It's enough for a missile to fall on one bus. I'm also against taking a risk.
Prime Minister: The situation is dangerous, the ceasefire is fragile and we cannot take any risks.
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