Committee said to reach deal with Haredi-dominated municipality to allow excavations in city on Jewish day of rest -- but city council says this won't happen outside extreme cases
Tram to begin service an hour earlier, extend service past midnight; Friday saw activists once again chain themselves to car in protest of limited weekend service
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses government's struggle to respond to ongoing terror wave, along with bittersweet launch of Petah Tivka-to-Bat Yam train system
Mayor's announcement will likely please residents of his largely secular suburb but also comes two months ahead of municipal elections when he'll aim to win a second term
Demanding 'freedom of movement, even on the Sabbath,' handful of demonstrators handcuff themselves to handrails inside the train in effort to keep it open until the day of rest
After secularist Hitorerut movement offers transport service, deputy mayor complains to legal adviser saying it violates election campaign laws, vows to halt initiative
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