Health Ministry denies trains allowed to resume operations Sunday

After the Tranposrtation Ministry announced trains would resume services on Sunday, the Health Ministry says it did not approve the move.

The ministry’s director-general, Moshe Bar Siman-Tov, says it only approved the model by which services will be renewed but not the timing.

Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich reacts angrily, saying he had been given clear authorization by ministry officials “and after we’ve already informed the public the director-general remembers he doesn’t approve.”

Illustrative: A train pulling through the Hefer Valley, Israel. June 24, 2013. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

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