The Jerusalem Magistrates Courtroom has accepted a settlement in which Israel Railways and Danel, which presents the guards for the trains, will spend NIS 16,000 payment to Maya Melitz. She was sitting down in a motor vehicle on her way to perform in 2018 and was advised by the protection guard, in contravention of the law, to modify vehicles just after a congregation of adult men began their morning (Shacharit) prayers.

Both get-togethers agreed that, “without the need of admitting the allegations of the sides,” Melitz would acquire the payment, and all Israel Railways staff and service suppliers will acquire specific instructions that they have no ideal in law to instruct passengers to alter their seats, even if prayers are taking put in a carriage.




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Melitz reported, “I am pleased and very pleased to protest in opposition to the exclusion of ladies. I hope that from right now, likely forward, all females can sit in any place that they want devoid of any fears.”

Adv. Miri Nachias of the Israel Spiritual Motion Center (IRAC) of the Reform Movement and Israel Women’s Community (IWN) lawful office director Adv. Gali Zinger represented Melitz and reported, “This significant and sizeable ruling that was handed down now is an additional move in the uncompromising marketing campaign by IRAC and IWN against the exclusion of gals.”

They added, “The ruling establishes what ought to be clear in our culture, that railway staff members may well not instruct or even inquire girls to transfer mainly because their presence bothers some man, even when male travellers decide on to pray in the carriage. It is distressing that we are nonetheless pressured to battle in excess of this in the courts, and we are delighted that the courtroom has designed very clear what a railway guard really should have an understanding of for himself. The presence of gals does not ‘harm modesty.’ Our presence is component of the community area, and we shall not be moved.”

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