Minister of Transportation Miri Regev Another meeting was held today (Wednesday) regarding the railway works on Shabbat, this after her directive to reduce these works when they are not urgent. The meeting was held with the chairman of the board and the CEO of Israel Railways, together with the professionals of the Ministry of Transportation and Israel Railways, and presented the plan to reduce work on Shabbat.
During the meeting, it was determined that the train works on Saturday will be reduced to the minimum necessary, with some of them being performed instead at night during the middle of the week. The minister assumed that the service to the public would not be harmed in any way due to the reduction presented at the meeting.
It should be noted that Regev summoned to the meeting today Muti Babchik, the senior advisor to the chairman of Torah Judaism Goldknopf, but at the last minute canceled the invitation on the grounds that it was a professional meeting only. At the same time, she invited the deputy minister Uri Makalev from the party Therefore, there is anger towards her now in Agudat Yisrael.
Today’s meeting took place after a meeting on the subject had already taken place on Sunday, after the chairman of Torah Judaism, Yitzhak Goldknopfwrote a letter to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Transportation, demanding to stop the railway works on Saturday.
In response to Regev’s decision on the matter, MK Avigdor Lieberman, the chairman of Israel Beitenu, wrote on his Twitter account: “Miri Regev does not have stomach aches even with traffic jams on the roads. The shameful decision of Netanyahu and Regev is the continuation of surrendering to the blackmail of the ultra-orthodox parties at the expense of the general public. Bibi promised not to touch the status quo but as always he lied this time too. We will demand a special discussion in the Knesset and will use all the means at our disposal to reverse the decision.”
Miri Regev has no stomach aches even with traffic jams.
The shameful decision of Netanyahu and Regev is the continuation of surrendering to the blackmail of the ultra-orthodox parties at the expense of the general public.Bibi promised not to touch the status quo but as always he lied this time too. We will demand a special discussion in the Knesset and will use all the means at our disposal to reverse the decision. pic.twitter.com/AyJdjrAJkY
— Avigdor Liberman (@AvigdorLiberman) January 11, 2023