> but think about old peoples or people that can't use stairs because of invalidity or temporary invalidity
Do you know, that in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods (in Israel) they don't call an ambulance to a dying relative or to a minor with serious injury and in pain (with both shoulders dislocated, for example) until the end of Shabbat?
This is an offensive take on a chaotic stampede where people died. Your linked article even lists the police as trying to stop people from getting out of the way.
>Footage shot as the disaster unfolded showed police officers trying to stop people from fleeing the scene. That could have been because the officers did not immediately realize the extent of the danger, or because they wanted to prevent the stampede from spilling into other areas of the compound.
What it does say is
>Amid the chaos, as medics tried to reach the injured, prominent Israeli rabbis remained onstage, trying to restore calm by reading psalms for the wounded.
That's normal in any large event. People don't understand what is going on or which way they should and shouldn't go. They can also be moved by the tide of people, unable to go any other way, and may be safer where they are. As the article says, police blocked some escape routes. So it goes down to good design, good procedures and matching attendance levels. Something went wrong there.
I'm not making things up. My colleague was working as paramedic in those neighborhoods.
By the end of the Shabbat doctor takes a pen and and a bunch of death certificates for people whose relatives won't use the phone during Shabbat. For the evening this is his only job.
I have many family members who are in the medical profession in Israel. I have been behind the desk on Shabbat in Shaarei Tzedek Hospital (the "Haredi" hospital) that accepts incoming patients.
There is not a single group of Jews that thinks it is admirable to risk a life for Shabbat. The more the religious, the more they value life and quicker break Shabbat.
Do a bit of research in Hatzoloh and Joint Hatzoloh - it is impressive the lengths that volunteers go to, to save a life in Israel (Jewish and Muslim equally). They are active everywhere, and do not get fewer calls from the ultra-Orthodox.
Do you know, that in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods (in Israel) they don't call an ambulance to a dying relative or to a minor with serious injury and in pain (with both shoulders dislocated, for example) until the end of Shabbat?