Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak plans to add several hundred Sabbath bus lines as part of his planned secular reforms. The Israeli daily Ha’aretz quoted a senior official as saying some 300 bus lines would be added to the 400 already in operation in an effort to help single parents, the elderly, immigrants and other population groups that do not own private vehicles.
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