The High Court of Justice on Wednesday rules that the Tel Aviv Municipality is permitted to allow convenience stores to operate on the Sabbath.
Israeli law forbids businesses from operating during the Jewish day of rest, with exceptions including places of entertainment, restaurants and basic services such as pharmacies.
Tel Aviv, home to a mostly secular and mostly left-leaning population, has sought to widen the scope of businesses permitted to be open on the Sabbath, while ultra-Orthodox political factions have sought to add restrictions and improve enforcement of Sabbath laws.
The issue of Tel Aviv’s convenience stores has pitted secular and religious politicians against each other, ultimately reaching the High Court after two interior ministers, Shas’s Aryeh Deri and Likud’s Gideon Saar, refused to rule on the matter.
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