A special Israeli Knesset committee on the 1997 Maccabiah bridge collapse called for the resignation of the head of the World Maccabi Union. An Israeli court recently gave jail sentences ranging from nine to 21 months to five people found guilty of negligence in the deaths of four Australian athletes and the injury of 69 others during the opening ceremonies of the Maccabiah Games.
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