Life in Israel: Proposed Laws: Cellphones While Crossing, Reserved Parking and Church/Mosque Arnona Exemptions

Reposted from Life in Israel: Proposed Laws: Cellphones While Crossing, Reserved Parking and Church/Mosque Arnona Exemptions

A few interesting law proposal were introduced recently:

1. MK Lia Shemtov has proposed a law that would ban using a cellphone while crossing the street. The initial proposal wanted to ban the sending of messages and emails and using apps on the phone. Doing this creates a distraction for the person crossing the street, at a time when he should be paying attention. Other MKs added to the proposal that it should include using a cellphone in general, as well as having earphones in place listening to either a cellphone or music player or sorts.

Is Lack Of Gender-Segregation Discriminatory?

With all of the tension in Israel these days about religious groups and gender segregation there was an interesting development a couple of months ago. A woman in Israel was denied unemployment benefits after she turned down a job for which she was qualified for because the workplace was not segregated by gender. An interesting post about this decision can be found at the Life in Israel Blog.