Chairman Avigdor Liberman of the Yisrael Beytenu party said on Tuesday morning, "The Supermarket Law passed and it's a pity."
The law gives the interior minister authority over businesses that are open on the Jewish Sabbath. Writing on Twitter, Liberman said, "Religious coercion has nothing to do with Judaism or Jewish tradition. A law of this kind only distances [people] from Judaism instead of bringing them closer."