When MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Rabbi Uri Maklev addressed the Knesset plenum, he opted to direct the focus of his attention to the recent passing of the amended daylight savings bill.
Maklev explained “The bill passed because if affects certain populations in Israel”, accusing Minister of the Interior (Likud) Gideon Saar of pushing a “populist” bill. He questioned the sudden urgency of the bill, asking rhetorically “prior to the bill there was no clock, no sun? The difference is that once upon a time they took everyone into consideration regarding daylight savings time, but now it appears things have changed.”
Maklev explained that for decades those responsible for making decisions as to when DST would be observed always realized the advantageous of extending it, but those individuals always took the Shomer Shabbos community into consideration and therefore they never extended DST to the end of October.
Maklev questions how DST can be changed just months after the bill setting the DST dates into law was passed in Knesset.
“You use the power, drunken power, to pass things that were never required before. You don’t bother thinking about the consequences and don’t permit adequate time before implementing it. What about all the calendars that have already been printed and as a result, people may be mechalel Shabbos chas v’sholom. What about people who ordered plane tickets or planned events? It would appear the public is not of interest to the decision makers.”
“Daylight savings time is not a matter of Halacha but when people cannot daven properly because they must head to work and this does not only concern Halachic experts but it affects a large population in Israel” Maklev concluded.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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To the honorable MK Maklev, for years the Knesset has wanted to change the DSL law due to economic reasons, daylight issues, etc. It should have been changed but implemented a year later to ease into the work and calendar schedules.
As a shomer shabbos person I can only say I am very happy with the change and would love for us to just stay at GMT+3 all year round, who needs shabbos to start at 16:00 you can’t go anywhere far in the winter.
Though I do understand that it may be difficult for some workers I really don’t see why it should be impossible to accommodate them… in the winter start working a half hour hour later and finish later, problem solved.
The point of the bill is to prove the the frummers don’t have a say, in the long term there aren’t any advanatges
Such is politics, u win, u lose, it doesn’t matter, main thing is to insure the charadim will somehow lose out
Mr Zionflag, as usual you missed the whole point of MK Rabbi Maklev. His whole point is that this ridiculous government doesn’t care about anyone or anything, just hit and hurt one segment of the population (the chareidim) and if it hurts others too or inconveniences another part of the population, too bad!! That is what is so pathetic about this joke of a government.
Your comment that the Knesset has tried for years to change this law, shows your inability to understand the simple process called democratic government. The Knesset has not tried for years to change this law, certain MKs looking for a headline have attempted to change the law but were always strongly defeated because mainstream parties (like Likud, Labor etc.) understand the government is NOT forcing the will of the majority onto the minority but rather finding the common ground and making a פשרה. The previous system was such a agreement that took all sides into the equation and made a way that could be acceptable to all parties even if not perfect for everybody. This new entity, Lapid-Bennet, has caused anything which might assist one chareidi to be taboo and must be stopped. How sad and how pathetically childish!
Perhaps even worse is some american commentator agreeing with these שונאי ישראל!!