Tiberias mayor receives death threats after launching bus line on Sabbath

Tiberias Mayor Ron Kobi gets a boosted security detail after receiving death threats over the past week since he inaugurated a new public bus line that will operate on Shabbat in the city.

Ultra-Orthodox officials in Tiberias have vehemently opposed the plan.

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