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(YNET NEWS) -- Religious Zionist Party leader Bezalel Smotrich on Monday penned an irate letter to the chairman of the Israeli Professional Football Leagues (IPFL) in which he protested holding soccer matches on the Sabbath.
The complaint came after the governing body of Israel’s top two soccer tiers scheduled more matches than usual at an early hour last Saturday after the country ended Daylight Saving Time late last month, preventing Shabbat-observing soccer fans from attending.
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Last week, Professional Football Leagues announced that starting last Saturday, some soccer matches in the Israeli league will be brought forward to the early afternoon hours of Saturday,” Smotrich, who is poised to become a senior minister in the next government, wrote.
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