Merav Michaeli from Trilla: Ministers should be prohibited from traveling in government vehicles on Shabbat

January 26, 2023   

Labor Party Chairman MK Merav Michaeli is challenging the government by submitting a bill seeking to prohibit ministers from using their government vehicles on the holy Sabbath. Michaeli did not start worrying about the sanctity of the Sabbath and is not working to reduce the desecration of the Sabbath - quite the opposite. In doing so, she seeks to exert pressure to approve public transportation while trampling on the sanctity of the Sabbath, contrary to the status quo. According to the bill, Knesset members, ministers, and deputy ministers will be prohibited from using their government vehicles or vehicles provided for their use by the Knesset on Sabbaths and holidays as long as there is no accessible public transportation in Israel on these days. According to Michaeli, "The Sabbath has been and will remain a day of rest - this is an important Jewish and social value, but the question is whether the Sabbath will symbolize inequality among Israeli citizens and will be blocked and forced, or a Sabbath of rest and opportunity for everyone." "As long as Netanyahu and his activist partners continue to apply one law to themselves and one law to the public, we will continue to fight them in every arena to expose their hypocrisy and to give freedom of movement to the 80% of the public who support and support public transportation on Shabbat.".