""The prime minister's announcement on Shabbat regarding the credit rating was out of place. It is not about saving lives, not about an emergency, and not about a response that could not be published after Shabbat," he said. MK Yisrael Eichler also attacked: "Shabbat is the source of blessing. Because I will keep Shabbat, we will keep it. To publish announcements on Shabbat about the credit rating of economic propaganda elements, and to desecrate the Shabbat that is trampled on in every street, is a disgrace and a disgrace to the country." International credit rating company Moody's lowered Israel's rating from A1 to A2 on Shabbat night with a negative outlook, expressing an assessment that the rating may soon drop again. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the Shabbat petition: "Israel's economy is strong. The downgrade has nothing to do with the economy, it stems entirely from the fact that we are at war. The rating will rise again as soon as we win the war - and we will win.".
