In Israel on Saturday it's illegal to do what?

Answer 1

On Saturday in Israel, robbery, murder, and public drunkenness are illegal, just

as they are during the other six days of the week. There are no laws unique to

Saturday against individual activities.

Many schools and businesses are closed for the weekend in Israel, just as they

are throughout much of the rest of the civilized world. In Israel, the two-day

"weekend" is Friday and Saturday, corresponding to the Muslim and Jewish

Sabbath days, and the five-day work week comprises Sunday through Thursday.

In much of the country, public transportation is significantly reduced on Saturday,

but there are many exceptions. Bus lines from Tel Aviv to Eilat in the south and

Kyriat Shmona in the north work their regular schedules, private taxis work

normally, shared taxi lines work in most of the big cities except Jerusalem, and

all local transportation is as usual in and among the Israeli Arab cities and towns.

The bottom line ... and the most important take-away from this subject ... is

that there are no laws in Israel that discriminate against one religion in favor

of another one, and no law imposes anything on anyone for a religious reason.

The law in Israel works in exactly the opposite direction: It's illegal to prohibit

anyone from freely practicing his own religion or freely ignoring all of them, just

as long as his practice doesn't step on anyone else's. Israel has no official state

religion, and no religious 'test' to qualify for citizenship, run for office, vote, own

a home or business, go to college, hold a job, or things like that. Of all people in

all places in the world, Israeli Jews recognize religious discrimination when they

smell it.