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Sunday, November 26, 2017
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Sunday, November 26, 2017
PM cancels coalition meeting as ministers protest over Shabbat
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancels the weekly meeting of coalition party leaders after Health Minister Yaakov Litzman resigned his position in protest over railway infrastructure work on the Jewish day of rest.
Litzman quit earlier today over the construction work while and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri skipped the cabinet meeting after learning that a bill granting him authority to close mini-markets on Saturdays was taken off the agenda of the Ministerial Committee for Legislation.
Netanyahu reportedly held individual talks with coalition leaders instead.
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