When was the last time you find yourself sitting in your room on a Thursday night, making plans to go to the beach with your friends during the weekend, and you had difficulties realizing how to get there? This question comes to people's minds almost every week in Israel. Since the establishment of the Israeli state, there is a clear status quo about not having public transportation on Shabbat, just because it was the reality prior to the independence declaration. This formula serves Israel for years, of course, as the "Jewish state", which has regulations against any form of "Shabbat desecration", but it seems like these regulations are relevant for Israel of 1948, even though our country will celebrate 70 years in a few months. There's no…show more content… There's such a variety of options for the Israelis to do in their spare time on Shabbat- Festivals, restaurants, hiking and shopping. The irritating thing is that the lack of public transportation on Shabbat increasing the gaps in the Israeli population. The people who won't be able to get out of their neighborhood to go see a movie in the closest mall will be the ones who are not holding a driver license, can't afford owning a car, or simply, the low socio-economic status Israelis. They are those who especially needs other options for their free time, so the boredom won't encourage them to go on bad habits. Except for that, as of Independence Day 2017, 68% among the Jews in Israel aren't observing, not the mention the Israeli civilians who are not Jews at all, so why there's still taboo for running public transportation on Shabbat? For years there are local businesses that opens in Shabbat, cars are allowed to drive on any road, route or highway and the services of the Israeli television opens during the weekend. The determination for not giving this basic services causes for more incitement, and leads to intolerance and hate between the seculars and the observers, in what we called these days "religious
