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Economy Ministry says it will keep allowing railway work on Shabbat despite protest
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Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox men clash with police and security guards during a protest against construction work for the Jerusalem Light Rail, on June 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
The Economy Ministry refuses to bow to pressure to halt routine railway maintenance work on Shabbat after a letter from United Torah Judaism party head Yizhak Goldknopf demanded the works cease during the weekly Jewish day of rest.
In a statement, the Economy Ministry says the maintenance program “is and always was carried out within the framework of the annual permit that Israel Railways [has in order to] carry out maintenance and safety work.”
“There is no intention to cancel” the work, the ministry adds.
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