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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
A Shabbat minibus drives through central Tel Aviv on November 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
August 16, 2023, 7:58 pm
Orthodox Jerusalem council members savage free Shabbat minibus to Tel Aviv
After secularist Hitorerut movement offers transport service, far-right deputy mayor complains to legal adviser saying it violates election campaign laws, vows to halt initiative
By ToI Staff
Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the Yamina party headquarters on election night in Ramat Gan, on September 17, 2019. (Flash90)
January 16, 2020, 7:37 pm
Minister derided for nixing bus trips coinciding with Shabbat’s start, end
Party leaders call Bezalel Smotrich a ‘fanatic,’ ‘bully,’ allege he canceled lines to take revenge for Tel Aviv running buses on Jewish day of rest
By ToI Staff
Religious Israelis protest against Tel Aviv municipality Shabbat bus service outside the home of Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai in Tel Aviv, December 14, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 15, 2019, 8:56 am
Hundreds protest Shabbat buses outside Tel Aviv mayor’s home
Religious Israelis, including rabbis and Tel Aviv deputy mayor, demand that Ron Huldai nix project and stop ‘breaching the status quo’
By ToI Staff
A Shabbat minibus drives through central Tel Aviv on November 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
December 14, 2019, 4:54 pm
16 arrested in Bnei Brak during protests against new Shabbat buses
Several dozen demonstrate near major road connecting Ramat Gan and Petah Tikva, attempt to block throughway
By ToI Staff
A public bus operated on Shabbat drives through Tel Aviv, November 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
December 10, 2019, 3:57 am
Most Israelis support Shabbat buses, including Likud voters, ‘traditional’ Jews
As Tel Aviv launches groundbreaking program, poll finds that 71% of public in favor of weekend public transportation, but 97% of ultra-Orthodox opposed
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox protesters block a road in Bnei Brak to oppose light rail construction work taking place on Shabbat, September 21, 2018. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
December 7, 2019, 1:16 am
Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators block roads to protest Tel Aviv Shabbat bus service
Protesters in Bnei Brak halt traffic on major thoroughfares to oppose popular weekend public transportation initiative launched last month
By ToI Staff
The new public transportation buses which run on Saturdays, seen driving in Tel Aviv, November 23, 2019. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
November 28, 2019, 7:15 pm
Responding to high demand, Tel Aviv to expand free Shabbat bus program
After more than 10,000 passengers used the public transportation service last weekend, organizers plan to significantly increase its frequency
By ToI Staff
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