The last few days have seen two international cities disrupted by groups trying to stop the public from using transport systems and I condemn both groups.
On Shabbat, so called religious Jews from Mea Shearim tried to block the opening of a car park near the Old City of Jerusalem. The City Municipality wanted to open this car park, so that many non-Jewish tourists to Jerusalem would easily be able to access the Old City on Shabbat, when other car parks are shut. This car park was free and was operated by non-Jewish workers so that Shabbat law would not be broken. And yet, the so called religious Jews decided to riot to stop visitors to Jerusalem from being able to use this car park and even attacked policeman, therefore breaking Shabbat themselves. This group should learn their lesson and make it easier for tourists to visit Jerusalem.
Today and tomorrow in London, workers on the London Underground are holding what appears to be their annual strike, despite being some of the highest paid public sector workers in London. They are therefore also disrupting people from geting to work or allowing people to travel around London for leisure purposes, thus causing further disruption to the economy when London is trying to recover from a recession. Its about time they were banned from striking.
1 comment:
Richard,
I know that you use the term "ultra religious" so we know who you are talking about, but I suspect that "ultra misguided" would be a better term. Their actions do not portray Israel in a good light and ultimately will damage the economy.
I'm of the opinion that the most religious people are those with inner strength who show by good example, not by rioting.
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