There are small business owners in Tel Aviv who are trying to get their day in court, the High Court of Justice. They are calling for an expanded panel of justices to once again hear petitions on the matter of opening businesses in Tel Aviv on Shabbos.
While this is taking place, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has to decide if he is going to support a move by Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, who wishes to have the state ask for another High Court hearing on the matter too.
In the latest petition to have the court readdress the case, petitioners write “The ruling constitutes extreme judicial legislation that changes world order and stands in total contradiction to the laws established in all courts and to the prevailing legal situation and profit since the establishment of the State Israel to date”.
They point out that the court’s decision permitting the opening of supermarkets on Shabbos is tantamount to the elimination of the nation’s day of rest.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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While this is a very negative event, there is a positive side to it as well. Israel’s supreme cult has ruled that municipalities have the right to establish their own Shabbos laws. That should mean that every municipality that has a religious majority could pass an ordinance that outlaws private vehicles on Shabbos and Haggim.