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Article: Milo: NRP man forcing Tel Aviv Port nightlife to close on Shabbat
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- Jerusalem Post
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- August 6, 1998
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NINA GILBERT and Itim
Jerusalem Post
08-06-1998
New businesses opening in the Port of Tel Aviv must agree to remain closed on Shabbat and Jewish holidays.
The change, Mayor Ronni Milo said at a press conference yesterday, came about because the Otzar Mifalei Yam company, which manages the area for the Transport Ministry, recently made this a condition for granting a tender to operate a business.
The change, Milo said, was instituted by the company's managing director, Shimon Asoulin, a National Religious Party appointee who has been in the post since the start of the year, without the knowledge or approval of the board of directors.
"It is a serious matter that the company changed the terms ...