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Tuesday, September 5, 2017
State rejects demand for public transportation on Shabbat
Responding to a petition demanding public transportation on Shabbat, the state says it isn’t required to provide it as a service because there is no “vital need” for it.
“The attempt by the petitioners to establish a claim whereby public transportation is a vital need does not succeed,” the state says.
The petitioners, included a number of liberal groups and Knesset member Tamar Zandberg of the left-wing Meretz party, argue that standards of “equality, dignity, freedom of movement and freedom from religion” should require the state to provide transportation on the Jewish day of rest.