Transportation Minister Miri Regev stated that buses would arrive on time more often, "If Attorney-General Gali Baharav Miara hadn’t allowed the ultra-Orthodox and Kaplan protesters to block roads," during a press conference on Thursday.
She stated that trains running from the south and Jerusalem will return to Tel Aviv's Haganah station on Sunday, and Hashalom station will open on Monday.
“Tens of thousands of people were crammed this morning into train stations, in scenes reminiscent of a third-world country. The main train stations are paralyzed, and the government is offering no solution," Opposition head and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid wrote on X/Twitter.
"Miri Regev is a failed transportation minister in the worst government in the country’s history; they are incapable of managing anything.”
Additionally, Lapid called for Regev to cancel her two-week vacation to the US, saying, "it is unacceptable that Israeli citizens should suffer so much from a government that is simply incapable of managing anything."
Chaos on Israel's roads
Earlier this week, Israel Railways announced that train traffic in Tel Aviv would be suspended until Tuesday, August 26, due to infrastructure damage and safety work being done in the areas of Ganot and Vitkin.
The disruptions were part of Israel Railways' decision to "seize the opportunity" and add essential safety work originally scheduled for September to the current, ongoing repairs of the infrastructure damage.
“There was a serious malfunction that definitely needs to be investigated, which is why I appointed an inquiry team within the Israel Railways,” the transportation minister said, adding, however, that “there is no transportation chaos. The trains are still running.”