Supreme Court Justice Uri Shoham has demanded that Minister of Culture and Sports Miri Regev and the swimming, shooting and gymnastics associations to respond within 24 hours to a suit filed on Wednesday by the "Shabbat Team" organization, demanding that Sabbath-observant athletes be given alternative alternatives to Saturday's sports competitions. The suit said that Regev and the associations have not responded to the organization's direct requests in a substantive way.
Although there has been an improvement in recent years, with quite a few competitions taking place on weekdays, most of the finals are held during the Sabbath. Shabbat Team said, "The organization does not intend to postpone competitions in a sweeping manner, but to allow those young athletes who train five and six days a week for years to compete in official competitions of the unions to which they belong like the rest of the athletes."