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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 351

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Shlomo Marmor at the flower shop on Yehuda Halevi Street in Tel Aviv that his family has owned for 70 years. September 2023. (Shoshanna Solomon / The Times of Israel)
September 28, 2023, 11:57 pm
Shops along route of Tel Aviv light rail still waiting for promised business boom
Stores on Yehuda Halevi Street were told a bonanza would come after 8 years of mere survival in a construction site; so far this has not materialized
By Shoshanna Solomon
Demonstrators block the tracks of the Tel Aviv light rail in protest of it not running during Shabbat, Friday, September 1, 2023 (video screenshot)
September 1, 2023, 5:10 pm
Protesters block Tel Aviv light rail for third week, hold ‘civics class’ on tracks
Trams stopped in Jaffa area as demonstrators once again disrupt the new line because it doesn’t run on Shabbat
By ToI Staff
Passengers ride the Tel Aviv light rail on its first day of service, August 18, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 26, 2023, 10:01 pm
Tel Aviv light rail extends Saturday evening hours amid protests over Shabbat closure
Tram to begin service an hour earlier, extend past midnight; Friday saw activists once again chain themselves to car to demand it run on Shabbat
By ToI Staff
Activists handcuff themselves to handrails on Friday's last light rail ahead of Shabbat, in Tel Aviv, August 25, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 25, 2023, 6:22 pm
Activists again cuff themselves to Tel Aviv light rail to protest Shabbat stoppage
Several dozen people protest at Allenby Station on day’s last tram, causing service to stop and driver to leave; police on the scene
By ToI Staff
An undated photo of a bus running in Tel Aviv on the Sabbath. (Tel Aviv Municipality)
August 21, 2023, 2:52 am
Ramat Gan to launch Shabbat shuttle service along Tel Aviv light route
Mayor’s announcement will likely please residents of his largely secular suburb; comes two months ahead of municipal elections, when he’ll aim to win a second term
By ToI Staff
Activists, some handcuffed to handrails, protest inside a carriage of the new Tel Aviv area light rail against the line not operating on the Sabbath, at the Elifelet Station in Tel Aviv on Friday afternoon, August 18, 2023, the first day of the train's operation. (Courtesy: Koah Kaplan)
August 18, 2023, 8:23 pm
Hundreds protest at Tel Aviv light rail stations because train won’t run on Shabbat
Demanding ‘freedom of movement, even on the Sabbath,’ some demonstrators handcuff themselves inside final train of new line’s first day of operation, in failed bid to keep it open
By ToI Staff
Passengers at a Tel Aviv light rail station on its first day of service, August 18, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 18, 2023, 8:48 am
‘We waited a long time for this’: Tel Aviv light rail sets off after years of delays
100,000 passengers as Israelis nationwide flock to ride on inaugural trains, with Koti Elazar, 70, recognized as first passenger; ‘This rail will take Bat Yam forward,’ mayor vows
By ToI Staff
View of the Sea of Galilee as it seen from the beach promenade in the northern Israeli city of Tiberias, on January 30, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)
February 10, 2020, 10:15 pm
As Sea of Galilee fills to bursting, Israelis’ joy overflows
At perennially parched freshwater lake where Jesus walked on water, weeks of major rainfall could see nearby dam opened to send water into Jordan River for first time since 2013
By Nathan Jeffay
Map of Tel Aviv's future subway/light rail system (Photo credit: Courtesy)
June 2, 2015, 6:46 pm
Israel and China give each other a hand on train tech
Israel’s Radware is helping China Railway with its ticketing system – while the Chinese firm will be helping to build Tel Aviv’s subway
By David Shamah
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