The loss of life at Meron brings home the wider dangers Israel faces in the absence of a functioning government.
The disaster at Meron demonstrated the extreme irresponsibility of the participants, but also the equally extreme irresponsibility of the authorities.
This is just another example of the growing dangers involved in the fact that Israel has not had a normally-functioning government for the last two years. These dangers are both in the domestic arena and the regional and international arenas.