02.05.2012 10.Ijar. 5772 Tag 25 des Omer
Innenpolitik:
Israeli government rebuilding kohanim pathway after pressure from Hassidic Jews
Local rabbi believes rebuilding pathway is completely unnecessary.
Only three and a half months after demolishing a pathway for kohanim (priests) at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on Mount Meron, the government is rebuilding it at a high cost, despite the fact that the local rabbi believes it to be completely unnecessary.
The Tourism Ministry has apparently succumbed to pressure by an extremist Hassidic group, Toldot Avraham Yitzhak, and has allocated NIS 600,000 to quickly build the pathway before the annual Lag Ba'omer festivities at the site, expected to draw half a million participants….