Netanyahu and Transport Minister clash over rail building on Shabbat

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, seeking to avoid a cabinet crisis with the religious parties, Friday vetoed the directives issued by Transport Minister Israel Katz to carry on massive building operations for the national railway system without pause on Saturday.  He accused Katz of causing an unnecessary government crisis and determined that the issue would be finally resolved in the next 72 hours.. 

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