Can the cable car in Haifa move on Saturdays?
According to the regulation, however, the Economics Committee held a discussion on the issue in which objections and objections were raised both by Knesset members and by the bus drivers' organization.
As stated, the Knesset's Economics Committee, chaired by MK Michael Bitton, convened today (Sunday) to closely monitor its conclusions regarding the operation of public transportation lines on Saturday. The committee in the previous Knesset, more than a year ago, in which the committee sought to correct deficiencies in the operation of public transportation on Saturday.
Chairman Bitton opened the discussion by saying that Shabbat is a sensitive issue that can tear the public apart, but it is better that it be one issue, and for that each party should be attentive and sensitive to the other, and when thinking about running public transport on Shabbat one should look at it broadly and examine He also noted that in blue and white they believe that the Sabbath is a social right and that the more people are forced to work on the Sabbath, the more it violates the Basic Law of Freedom of Occupation and the Basic Law of Human Dignity and Liberty, and concludes by saying that .
MK Michael Bitton, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
MK Yoav Ben-Zur said that there are complaints about the employment on Saturday of Arab drivers as well and that they are not being investigated, and expressed concern about the breach of Ministry of Transportation procedures. MK Moshe Abutbul said that To be preserved. "
MK Yosef Tayeb added that the authority given in the law is to reduce public transportation on Shabbat and not to expand it, and asked for reference to the operation of the cable car in Haifa.
MK Uri Maklev explained that public transportation that operates on Shabbat in public will have other consequences. It is for political or other reasons. "
MK Orit Struck said that the coalition agreement between Yesh Atid and the right stipulates that there will be no change in the status quo on issues related to religion and state, while the Minister of Transport published draft regulations promoting a change in the status quo, and asked where a right-wing faction signed the agreement.
"3,000-5,000 drivers missing"
On the other hand, MK Tatiana Mazaretsky said that “many citizens want to travel for a walk or visit a family on Saturday and are unable to do so because they do not have a private car.
"The state seeks to encourage the use of public transportation and reduce pollution and congestion on the roads, and the ban on operating public transportation on Saturdays harms the weak who do not have a vehicle."
The chairman of the Histadrut's bus drivers' organization, Israel Ganon, said that "operating public transportation on Saturday with the number of existing drivers today will lead to the collapse of the system."
Operation on Saturday will mean that there will be no public transportation on any day of the week. "
Buses Illustration // Photo: Yehoshua Yosef,
The chairman of the trade union division of the National Workers' Union, Shashi Sadeh, added: "We are in a transport catastrophe and we lack 3,000-5,000 drivers.
I see no way to expand service on Saturday and pick up drivers from Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.
"First you have to regulate public transportation, recruit drivers, create trust and only then go for expansions, no matter if it's the middle of the week or the weekend."
Amichai Levy, Deputy Director of Senior Licensing and Operations at the Ministry of Transportation, said that "there is no intention to expand public transportation lines on Shabbat and that regulations to split payment are not related to Shabbat at all."
A representative of the Legal Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation, Adv. Ofer Levy, said that "the regulations do not prohibit the operation of public transportation on Saturday, but allow it in certain circumstances." On traffic, in accordance with a supervisory order for the operation of a cable car from 1968. "He added that," the directive does not prohibit the operation of the cable car on Shabbat. "
Chairman Bitton concluded the discussion by saying that "Shabbat has social, identity and cultural value and everyone has the right to rest and not work." This is not an excuse not to act in accordance with the law.
He also requested that the Ministry of Transportation send the committee, within two weeks, the plan to operate the cable car in Haifa.
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