Posted on 12/14/22
| News Source: i24
Netanyahu says: 'I want to reassure you - there is and will be electricity on Shabbat'
Israel's prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu told the parliament on Tuesday that the country's religious status quo would remain the same after fear arose regarding reported demands from an ultra-Orthodox party.
While speaking in the Knesset plenum, Netanyahu reassured that Israel would not be governed by Jewish law - halacha - and instead "be a state where we will take care of all Israeli citizens without exception."
Netanyahu refuted a Channel 12 report that emerged on Monday claiming that the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party made sweeping religious demands during coalition negotiations.
These requests included, among others, barring energy generation on the Jewish rest day of Shabbat, additional public transportation discounts in predominantly ultra-Orthodox cities and more gender-segregated beaches