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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 470

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Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman participates in a conference at the Israeli Institute for Democracy, in Jerusalem, on November 26, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 29, 2019, 1:43 pm
Listing demands, Liberman vows not to compromise any further on religion-state
Yisrael Beytenu leader cites civil marriage, public transport on Saturdays, and the abolishing of law against Shabbat trading as his ‘minimum’ requirements for joining coalition
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
A secular demonstration in favor of a 'Free Jerusalem' and against ultra-Orthodox coercion, outside City Hall, June 27, 2009 (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
August 8, 2018, 12:32 pm
Jerusalem to reinstate fines on city center stores open on Shabbat
Municipality says it will renew policy of fining business open on the Jewish day of rest, after freezing the action for 60 days following a legal petition against the enforcement
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri at a ceremony in the city of Tiberias, May 24, 2018. (David Cohen/Flash90)
August 6, 2018, 12:15 am
5 cities to appeal Interior Ministry cancelation of their Shabbat trading bylaws
Interior Minister Deri says local authorities have not proven there is a need for businesses to operate on Jewish day of rest
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators protest against the closure of businesses on Shabbat in city of Ashdod, January 20, 2018. (Flash90)
March 7, 2018, 11:49 pm
Ashdod retreats from crackdown against shopping centers open on Shabbat
After massive protests against moves to shut down malls on Saturday, mayor Yehiel Lasri says only shops in residential areas will be fined
By Sue Surkes
Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi at the Knesset on July 9, 2017 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 3, 2018, 2:21 pm
Top minister: Shabbat minimarket law is stupid, I vote for a lot of stupid laws
At cultural event in Modi’in, Tzachi Hanegbi also speaks out against Netanyahu’s demand for tougher legislation to stop leaked recordings
By ToI Staff
Ashdod's Big Fashion open air mall (YouTube screenshot)
February 3, 2018, 1:34 pm
Ashdod steps up Shabbat enforcement, fining open businesses
In recent weeks the municipality had only issued warnings to shops; activists warn ‘another red line has been crossed’
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators protest against the closure of businesses on Shabbat in city of Ashdod, January 20, 2018. (Flash90)
January 27, 2018, 11:19 pm
Over 1,000 people protest Shabbat store closures in Ashdod
Some call for Mayor Yehiel Lasri to resign for stepping up enforcement of bylaw preventing businesses from opening on day of rest
By ToI Staff
People protest against closing of business on Shabbat in the Southern Israeli city of Ashdod, January 20, 2018. (Flash90)
January 23, 2018, 6:58 am
In Ashdod, secular and religious politicians shop (for voters) on Shabbat
Mayor accuses Liberman and Lapid of using his stepped-up enforcement against stores for political gain, but locals note that he’s the one eyeing reelection
By Marissa Newman
General view of the Southern Israeli city of Ashdod on September 28, 2017. (Serge Attal/Flash90)
January 21, 2018, 11:04 pm
City employs Jews to fine other Jews who work on Shabbat
Thousands of Ashdod residents come out against controversial legislation designed to keep Jewish-owned businesses from opening on Saturday
By Tamar Pileggi
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 21, 2018. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)
January 21, 2018, 4:01 pm
Netanyahu urges calm in spat between ministers over Shabbat
PM seeks to avert coalition crisis after Liberman visits market on Jewish day of rest, prompting condemnation from Deri
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Demonstrators protest in Ashdod against the closure of businesses in the city on Shabbat, on January 20, 2018. (Flash90)
January 21, 2018, 2:33 pm
Closed shops, closed minds
Protests in Ashdod against stores closing on Shabbat and outside a synagogue where an attorney general was praying highlight the rifts threatening religious-secular pluralism
By Joshua Davidovich
The ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism and Shas parties hold an emergency meeting at the Knesset on September 13, 2017. (Flash90)
January 21, 2018, 10:13 am
Ultra-Orthodox party calls on PM to rein in Liberman over Sabbath activity
United Torah Judaism says defense minister’s visit to an open market during Jewish day of rest ‘aggressively inflames matters’
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators protest outside the Ashdod Municipality against the closure of businesses in the city on Shabbat, on January 20, 2018. (Flash90)
January 20, 2018, 8:10 pm
Thousands protest in Ashdod against Shabbat store closures
Demonstration comes as municipality has stepped up enforcement of bylaw preventing businesses in city from opening on Jewish day of rest
By ToI Staff
Screenshot of Rabbi David Yosef criticizing MK Yehuda Glick during his weekly recorded sermon, broadcast on Kikar HaShabbat on January 17, 2018.
January 18, 2018, 1:59 am
Shas rabbi pans Likud MK for putting wife’s death above Knesset vote on Shabbat
David Yosef accuses Yehudah Glick of following ‘twisted religion’ for staying away from planned vote on convenience store closures because he had just buried his wife
By Sue Surkes
Chairman of the Finance Committee, Moshe Gafni, leads a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 6, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 15, 2018, 10:45 pm
Hundreds of non-Jewish inspectors being trained to uphold Sabbath store closure
Ultra-Orthodox lawmaker Moshe Gafni taped telling closed meeting that religious status quo is changing ‘for good of ultra-Orthodox’
By Sue Surkes
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