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January 5, 2018

The Latest Attempt to Close Israeli Supermarkets on the Sabbath Is So Much Posturing

It won’t impinge on religious freedom—or encourage Shabbat observance.

Israeli law has long enshrined Shabbat as a national day of rest, restricting commercial activity, public transportation, and the like on the holy day. Now the Knesset is considering a bill—sponsored by Aryeh Deri, the leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party—that will tighten some of these laws. Shuki Friedman argues against the legislation, popularly known as the “supermarket bill,” even though he does not see it as having a significant effect on religious freedom.

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January 5, 2018

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