"On the Day of Disaster, It Will Be Too Late": Within a Year, There Will Be No Room to Bury in Israel's Cemeteries

Assessment

Israel's burial capacity is running out within a year, yet state infrastructure projects for 40,000 new graves in Tel Aviv and Haifa have been frozen. The burial societies are now turning to the High Court because the government demands they prepare for mass casualty events while blocking the expansions needed to handle routine deaths. When the cemeteries in Or Yehuda, Yarkon, and Elad fill up, families will face a logistical crisis with nowhere to bury their dead. The court will have to decide whether the state's planning paralysis overrides its own emergency preparedness requirements.