Clashes in Meron: Police prevented a break-in to the hillula during the night

Clashes in Meron: Police prevented a break-in to the hillula during the night

During the night (05/05/2026), clashes were recorded in Meron between police forces and crowds that tried to break into the hillula complex. According to reports in Hershkovitz & Grobeis - The Haredi Angle, which are identified with the Haredi line, the event included the throwing of "chairs and water bottles at police" in an attempt to prevent the crowds from breaking into the hillula.

A similar report came from the News Arena channel, which noted that the clashes occurred when the police blocked the path of participants who tried to break into the hillula.

Alongside the difficult footage, there is a complex picture regarding the nature of the event. Hershkovitz & Grobeis - The Haredi Angle qualified the reports and noted in an additional publication that "despite the clashes in the footage, the hillula in Meron is going more quietly than expected so far", and that no significant wide-scale clashes were recorded beyond those friction points.