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A Dan bus in Tel Aviv (Alberto Denkberg) Last update - 14:50 27/02/2008 Tel Aviv bus company cuts Sabbath afternoon services By Shahar Ilan, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Israel, Dan bus company  The Tel Aviv regional bus company, Dan, has decided to cut its services on Saturday afternoons. As of next week, buses will begin running only after sundown on Saturday, in accordance with the conclusion of the Jewish Sabbath. MK Ran Cohen (Meretz) has demanded Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz cancel the decision immediately, calling the move "underhanded opportunism" which issues a "harsh sentence on public use of public transportation." Advertisement "For the secular public, which represents most of Israel, the end of the Sabbath is an arbitrary halakhic designation which has no real significance," said Cohen. "This public wants to continue to enjoy public transportation as early as possible," he said adding: "and of course this carries social and environmental significance. Related articles: Store manager fined for employing Jewish workers on Shabbat Chief Rabbi Amar allows Shabbat work at Ben-Gurion Airport Stop forcing people to work on Shabbat, Eli Yishai urges businesses Yishai warns stores over Harry Potter book launch on Shabbat El Al: We are not surrendering to ultra-Orthodox pressure Company vows to make Dan buses environmentally friendly Bookmark to del.icio.us   Chicken or the egg? A UN human rights expert says Palestinian terror 'inevitable' result of occupation. A reason to kvell Jews are America's top-earning religious group, according to a new survey.   1.   I looked in the mirror and saw Iran 14:14  |  Yonatan 27/02/08   2.   This country sucks: Living in the dark ages 14:16  |  Woman without car 27/02/08   3.   Israel going deep into fundamentalism 14:18  |  Ulf 27/02/08   4.   Mazal Tov 14:27  |  Jon 27/02/08   5.   Reply to # 4 Jon i dont think so 14:47  |  SJ 27/02/08   6.   Why don`t the Meretznicks drive the busses? 14:48  |  Binyamin Dissen 27/02/08   7.   Forget about orgasmic-religious.. 14:54  |  Buzaglow 27/02/08   8.   There are other bus companies in Israel 15:14  |  Yonatan 27/02/08   9.   reply to #5 15:16  |  Jon 27/02/08   10.   MERETZ--GREEN 15:22  |  Aaron I. Lubling 27/02/08   11.   most israelis are not secular 15:23  |  ash 27/02/08   12.   Orthodoxies 15:26  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 27/02/08   13.   Reply to #9 No to unity under Torah 15:31  |  SJ 27/02/08   14.   Majority of Israel is NOT secular- but traditional 15:34  |  Amir 27/02/08   15.   You just don`t get it... 15:40  |  G 27/02/08   16.   Rely to #13 15:56  |  Jon 27/02/08   17.   Environmental significance 16:35  |  Charlie 27/02/08   18.   reply to #13 16:38  |  Jo 27/02/08   19.   Jon 18:25  |  charles 27/02/08   20.   HOW ABOUT A MARCH ON JERUSALEM ON SHABBAT? 18:27  |  B`Galil 27/02/08   21.   to Amir #14 - Nobody is forcing you to take the bus fool. 18:32  |  B`Galil 27/02/08   22.   Going by the majority would be a satisfactory compromise 19:07  |  AliciaYasmeen 27/02/08   23.   Did anyone ask... 19:09  |  Barry 27/02/08   24.   Haaretz Skewed Reporting 19:33  |  Shmuel 27/02/08   25.   yay make HaShem happy :) 19:54  |  Anon 27/02/08   26.   reply to #19 19:56  |  Jon 27/02/08   27.   Excuse me but MK Ran Cohen of Meretz can go to hell. 20:00  |  cv 27/02/08   28.   #1 looked in the mirror and saw a prat 20:18  |  Ilan 27/02/08   29.   Jon 20:40  |  charles 27/02/08   30.   No buses = more cars 20:57  |  Rickie 27/02/08

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