Interior Ministry Director-General Israel Ozen sent an evening letter to the Ramat Hasharon municipality demanding enforcement of the existing municipal bylaw banning the operation of businesses on Shabbat, specifically targeting the Big Passion mall in the Glilot area, which has been operating on Saturdays in violation of the law.
Interior Ministry Director-General Israel Ozen has escalated a longstanding controversy over Shabbat commerce in the Tel Aviv-area Glilot district. In a letter sent this evening to the Ramat Hasharon municipality, Ozen instructed the city to enforce its existing bylaw prohibiting business operations on Saturday, specifically citing the Big Passion mall in Glilot, which has been running on Shabbat. The letter was reported by journalist Israel Cohen, who described the move as 'dramatic.' The instruction represents a rare direct intervention by the ministry in local enforcement of Shabbat closure laws, which have often been a point of tension between religious and secular communities in the greater Tel Aviv area. It remains unclear whether the municipality will comply with the directive or challenge it procedurally.
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