In a previous post on the same issue I wrote that the issue is not the parking lot, but "why" so many people end up driving to Jerusalem on Shabbat. If the Shishi-Shabbat tour packages for the hotels in the Holy City were closer in range to the the pockets of Israelis and foreign tourists there would be no need for buses or cars.
If the idea is to walk around Jerusalem to experience what is special about that city, driving into the city on "that day". Frankly, it doesn`t make sense to violate an ambience where pedesetrian traffic sets the tone of the rather than cars along the streets.
I fail to understand why sensible Jews in this land will seek out "historic Prague", "a stroll on a Parisian Boulevard", "going into the Sistine Chapel to view Michelangelo`s painting" dressed according of the Roman Catholic Church, but . . . Heck, even when Israelis go to Amman, Jordan they follow the advice of their tour guides, and dress modestly! |
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