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Michaeli orders Tel Aviv light rail to look into possibility of running on Shabbat
Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli orders Israel’s Metropolitan Mass Transit System to assess the possibility of the under-construction Tel Aviv light rail operating on Shabbat, Ynet reports.
The order from the Labor party leader currently only relates to looking at the issue on a contractual and budgetary basis, the report says.
Nevertheless, the issue of public transportation on the Jewish Sabbath is a touchy political issue in the country.