Yes, I know that’s a major Aliyah selling point. But let’s peek under the surface.
I’m not even talking about the fake “Jewishly observant” Shabbos observance, including multifarious Heterim and the like, especially in Eruvin. And taking buses too late on Friday and too early after Shabbos (mercifully paused now).
Did you know all manned technical work behind the scenes, all the high-tech projects on computer servers, for instance, all happen during our Holy Days when companies can afford more downtime? Why is this Ma’aseh Shabbos any less than the political football of “public workers” publically working on public train tracks?!
Indeed, the Zehut proposal of changing the Israeli “national day of rest” to Sunday with longer Fridays, mad and Cursedian on its face, actually has some merit (assuming the State has any place legislating this, at all! And as though the State can “give” people days off of work, reimbursed from the money tree!). As the Zehut platform pointed out, this would allow traditional Israelis to attend sports arenas and beaches on Sundays, while “keeping the Seventh Day holy”.
דון מינה ואוקי באתרה.