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Ashdod mayor says city to stop fining businesses open on Shabbat
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe city of Ashdod will stop handing out fines to businesses open on the Sabbath, its mayor says, a month after stepping up its controversial enforcement of Shabbat laws.
At a city council meeting, Yehiel Lasry reportedly says that the religious and secular residents coastal city “must learn how to live together in dignity.”
In recent weeks city inspectors were fining businesses NIS 320 ($90) for operating on the Jewish day of rest.
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