{"id":29301,"date":"2022-08-04T13:55:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T13:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29301"},"modified":"2022-08-04T13:58:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T13:58:38","slug":"ono-scholar-discusses-compensation-for-victims-of-the-meron-lag-baomer-disaster","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/news\/ono-scholar-discusses-compensation-for-victims-of-the-meron-lag-baomer-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Ono Scholar Discusses Compensation for Victims of the Meron Lag Baomer Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"434\" class=\"wp-image-29302 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/Inbal-Blau-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/Inbal-Blau-Copy.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/Inbal-Blau-Copy-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<p><strong>Ono Scholar Discusses Compensation for Victims of the Meron Lag Baomer Disaster<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Ono Academic College\u2019s Dr. Inbal Blau was recently interviewed on the \u201cWhere\u2019s the Money\u201d program on Israel\u2019s Non-Stop Radio Network about the Finance Committee\u2019s approval to transfer funds to the families of the victims of the Meron disaster. The sum agreed upon was 22.5 million NIS. Each family will receive 500,000 NIS for each faculty member who was killed.<br \/>In April 2021, 45 people were killed and 150 injured, many seriously, when the annual Lag Baomer holiday pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Meron Israel, turned into a stampede. This event was the deadliest civil disaster in the history of the State of Israel.<br \/>Dr. Blau, who teaches at Ono\u2019s Law School, is an expert in the field compensation for mass casualty events. In the interview, Blau noted that the decision was made relatively quickly and represented reasonable compensation for the horrendous events. She stressed the precedent-setting nature of the decision. Dr. Blau addressed some of the ethical issues involved including how a government body calculates the value of someone who lost their life in the stampede.<br \/>To listen to the full interview, click here: https:\/\/www.ifatmediasite.com\/ms\/radio\/2022\/05\/09\/11410685.mp3<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ono Scholar Discusses Compensation for Victims of the Meron Lag Baomer Disaster Ono Academic College\u2019s Dr. Inbal Blau was recently interviewed on the \u201cWhere\u2019s the Money\u201d program on Israel\u2019s Non-Stop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":29302,"menu_order":505,"template":"","class_list":["post-29301","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}