Did the Minister of the Interior prohibit stores from opening on Shabbat? Store owners in Tel Aviv are in no hurry to get excited. The chain branches operated as usual today.
Haaretz, which went out to survey the streets today, reported that branches of the am:pm chain and a branch of the Tiv Taam chain remained open. So did dozens of explosions.
Municipal inspectors came to some of the stores and handed out fines totaling 730 shekels. Employees of Tiv Taam and other stores explained that for them, "it is worth it to absorb the low fine and continue operating the stores.".
However, the inspectors warned the supermarket owners that if they continue to open their stores in the coming weeks, they are expected to receive indictments, and closure orders will also be issued for the businesses.
The inspectors were accompanied by Deputy Mayor Assaf Zamir, one of the main opponents of the Interior Minister's decision. He told Channel 2: "We are only at the beginning of the struggle to preserve the city's unique character. The situation in which the municipality is both the legislative and enforcement authority is absurd. On the one hand, we oppose the Interior Minister's directive, which wants to change the status quo in the city, and on the other hand, the municipality is the one in charge of enforcing it. This is another chapter in the illusory relationship between the national government and the municipal government.".
A small group of young people decided to organize a demonstration in the coming days in front of the home of Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar, who lives in Tel Aviv.
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