The Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) announced on Sunday that it will support a proposal to extend the weekend past Shabbat into Sunday, creating a five-day work week.

While a shorter work week in many Western industrialized nations is nothing new, in Israel the six-day work week is a standard. For years, lawmakers have argued over whether to shorten Israel's work week as well, with Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom one of the prime advocates of the idea.