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Michaeli orders Tel Aviv light rail to look into possibility of running on Shabbat
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The new Allenby underground station of the light rail Red Line in Tel Aviv, June 23, 2022. Some of the mass transit system runs underground. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
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.
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