Herzliya during July and August provided residents with a ‘Shabbos’ shuttle service to the beach but now, in September, the shuttles continue operating. City Councilman (Gesher) Elad Tzadikov is calling for a halt of the shuttle service, calling on City Director Yehuda Ben-Ezra to stop the service immediately, MyNet reports.

According to Tzadikov, the shuttles were intended to create new realities on the ground vis-à-vis the Shabbos status quo, nothing more, and this was done with the blessing of the mayor. “The religious parties and certainly Gesher were not elected to remain silent. Perhaps this is a precedent from the days of [former Mayor Yael] German. I remind everyone the mayor was elected on his promise to maintain the Shabbos status que and not to compromise our tradition”, Tzadikov wrote to Ben-Ezra.

“If the Prime Minister knows how to stand in the breach and stop Israel Railways work on Shabbos, then the Herzliya mayor can do the same, to stop the shuttles, which have exceeded their mandate in any event” Tzadikov adds.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)