Israel Railways to compensate woman forced to change car
The Jerusalem Magistrates Court docket has authorized a settlement in which Israel Railways and Danel, which offers the guards for the trains, will pay back NIS 16,000 payment to Maya Melitz. She was sitting in a car on her way to perform in 2018 and was advised by the safety guard, in contravention of the law, to adjust vehicles soon after a congregation of men started their early morning (Shacharit) prayers.

Both equally functions agreed that, “with no admitting the allegations of the sides,” Melitz would get the payment, and all Israel Railways workforce and service vendors will acquire explicit guidance that they have no proper in law to instruct passengers to change their seats, even if prayers are getting location in a carriage.




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Melitz said, “I am content and happy to protest in opposition to the exclusion of gals. I hope that from today, heading forward, all women can sit in any spot that they want without any fears.”

Adv. Miri Nachias of the Israel Religious Action Middle (IRAC) of the Reform Movement and Israel Women’s Community (IWN) authorized department director Adv. Gali Zinger represented Melitz and reported, “This significant and substantial ruling that was handed down currently is a further action in the uncompromising marketing campaign by IRAC and IWN towards the exclusion of girls.”

They added, “The ruling establishes what should to be apparent in our culture, that railway staff members may possibly not instruct or even request girls to transfer mainly because their presence bothers some man, even when male passengers opt for to pray in the carriage. It is painful that we are nonetheless pressured to battle in excess of this in the courts, and we are happy that the court docket has produced obvious what a railway guard should really realize for himself. The existence of females does not ‘harm modesty.’ Our presence is portion of the general public house, and we shall not be moved.”

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