Minister of Transportation Miri Regev A discussion was held today (Sunday) with the participation of the chairman and CEO of Israel Railways and the senior officials of the Ministry of Transportation, in which the work being carried out by Israel Railways and the required operational and safety needs were presented to the minister. This, after the storm caused by the chairman of Torah Judaism Yitzhak Goldknopf who asked to stop the railway work on Saturday.
The former CEO of Israel Railways warns: This is what will happen if the railway works are shut down on Shabbat
Minister Regev emphasized during the discussion that as part of the works being carried out on the train, the status quo will be maintained on Shabbat as has been customary until now, while adhering to a number of principles. “The status quo will continue as it has been customary for years in Netanyahu’s governments,” said Minister Regev, “there is infrastructure work being carried out related to soul control that is designed to protect human life and travel safety.” At the end of the meeting, it was agreed that Israel Railways would present Sarah with solutions to reduce work on Shabbat by the end of the week.
As a reminder, this morning the chairman of Torah Judaism, Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Minister of Transportation Miri Regev, demanding that the works carried out on the railroad over the weekend be canceled. Among the recipients of the letter, the Minister of Economy, the heads of the coalition parties and the Deputy Minister of Transportation , Goldknopf noted that “this is contrary to the coalition agreements signed between the Likud and the ultra-orthodox parties.”