Tag: Sabbath
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Israeli parliament passes law to limit commercial business on Jewish Sabbath
Isreali parliament passed on Tuesday a controversial law limiting trade on the Jewish Sabbath, following a marathon debate. The bill, denounced by Israel’s secular centre and left-wing opposition but hailed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition, was approved by a narrow 58 to 57 vote. It grants the interior minister a right to cancel…