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Haredi man passing by AM:PM in central Tel Aviv. (Tomer Appelbaum) Last update - 01:32 11/04/2008 Rabbis say AM:PM to close on Shabbat By Nati Toker and Nurit Roth Tags: Israel, ultra-Orthodox, AM:PM  David Wiessman, the controlling shareholder of Dor Alon, has agreed to keep all new outlets of the company's AM:PM convenience-store chain closed on Shabbat. That's the claim of the Rabbinical Committee for the Sanctity of the Sabbath, which had threatened to call a boycott of Dor Alon's Blue Square and Shefa Shuk supermarket chains as well as its network of gas stations, because of AP:PM stores being open on Saturdays. Committee secretary Rabbi Yitzhak Goldknop said his group has already asked attorney Yaakov Weinroth to draw up the papers. "Blue Square sent us several proposals but for now they're at the talking stage," Goldknop said. "For now we have nothing in writing. Dor Alon has been selling us stories about its being a publicly held company so they don't make the decisions. That's why we brought in Weinroth, who is a major jurist, to present us with a written document." Advertisement Goldknop added that once Weinroth hammers out a contract, it will be presented to the rabbis for their approval. Weinroth confirmed that the rabbis had asked him to mediate in their dispute with Wiessman. He said he is still considering whether to take on the task, in part because Wiessman has not confirmed whether he wants to proceed with the mediation. The unofficial boycott against Wiessman's businesses began about two weeks ago, when the committee called on the religious public to avoid his stores. Related articles: Haaretz TV: Ultra-Orthodox target supermarket chain open on Sabbath Rabbis threaten to boycott Dor Alon Haredi rabbis threaten boycott that could sting gas station chain More Jewish World news and features Bookmark to del.icio.us   A gentleman's word Olmert tells Haaretz he knows Iran won't have nuclear capacity. Farewell to arms B'Tselem says IDF must ban wide-range shell that killed civilians in Gaza.   1.   Shabbat closure 11:45  |  arye 10/04/08   2.   CAVE to Hareidis on this & the Secular`ll BOYCOTT YA! 11:55  |  Michelle 10/04/08   3.   How to achieve the opposite 12:08  |  SJ 10/04/08   4.   Don`t the haredim ever have something positive to say? 12:22  |  Eli 10/04/08   5.   Closing for Shabbat 12:30  |  RS 10/04/08   6.   Boycott AM:PM 12:30  |  Northern 10/04/08   7.   On our way to Iran 12:35  |  Yonatan 10/04/08   8.   #4 What`s negative??? 12:46  |  Sam 10/04/08   9.   Religious Jews shouldn`t make others to hate them & Shabbat 13:07  |  Caution 10/04/08   10.   Rabbis 13:14  |  Naim S. Mahlab 10/04/08   11.   @Religious Jews: Boycot your leaders! 13:15  |  A Life 10/04/08   12.   Shabbat is their busiest time 13:21  |  Big Sooz 10/04/08   13.   Israel: Democracy not theocracy! 15:11  |  Citizen Zero 10/04/08   14.   There be insanity here...simple economics 15:24  |  Jak Black 10/04/08   15.   93,67% of our shoplifters wear kippah 15:25  |  AP:PM 10/04/08   16.   Dick and Jane and Spot - A Lesson 15:44  |  Jay A Friedman 10/04/08   17.   re #13 15:51  |  anglo saxon chareidi 10/04/08   18.   Israeli citizens must accept religious demands 16:01  |  Jo Jo 10/04/08   19.   have some sense! 16:22  |  alon 10/04/08   20.   Getting close to fundamentalism! 16:37  |  CCC 10/04/08   21.   It is ridiculous that the religious.............. 16:40  |  Deborah 10/04/08   22.   be real 16:44  |  Max Brzezinski 10/04/08   23.   Sick 16:51  |  Gabriel 10/04/08   24.   I Salute this move. 16:56  |  aaron 10/04/08   25.   If the boycott works, it`ll be a pity 18:17  |  David Teich 10/04/08   26.   Shabat closure 18:47  |  Arye 10/04/08   27.   THE STREYMEL BRIGADES 19:10  |  Kooky Dennt 10/04/08   28.   I`ll Boycott AM/PM If They Cave In 19:25  |  MB 10/04/08   29.   RE: Democracy not Theocracy 19:30  |  Citizen One 10/04/08   30.   Michelle - Firstly Most Israelis are not Secular 20:00  |  S Judah 10/04/08   31.   To Aaron from Canada #24 20:46  |  Northern 10/04/08   32.   the never ending treadmill- out of teich 21:13  |  sptz 10/04/08   33.   What`s more democratic than a boycott? 21:25  |  Zvi 10/04/08   34.   Is a boycott legal, democratic? Ask... 21:36  |  Zvi 10/04/08   35.   Isreal unlike western democracies, is a theocracy 22:35  |  MAN 10/04/08   36.   I Have a Dream of a Wonderful Israel! 22:39  |  Simeon ben Jacob 10/04/08   37.   #17 | @"anglo saxon chareidi": Liar, liar, pants on fire! 22:50  |  Citizen Zero 10/04/08   38.   The Phsycological Benefits of Keeping Shabbos! 22:51  |  Dave King 10/04/08   39.   @Jo Jo: Don`t put words in my mouth, don`t you dare! 22:52  |  Citizen Zero 10/04/08   40.   AM:PM and Shabbat 23:06  |  Joel 10/04/08   41.   Closing for Shabbat has it`s advantages 00:06  |  * BEN JABO 11/04/08   42.   Capitalism 101 00:12  |  Mrs. Defarge 11/04/08   43.   RS @#5 00:34  |  Akiva P 11/04/08   44.   A totally useless article 00:56  |  MR 11/04/08   45.   #32 01:30  |  JoJo 11/04/08   46.   what puzzles me.... 09:15  |  dizzy 11/04/08   47.   to Joel, here we go, man, your greatness left 17:44  |  the pope 12/04/08   48.   Fine, i`ll stop buying at AMPM and DOR Alon 17:46  |  Puhi 12/04/08   49.   a dream of Simeon ben Jacob; continuation 17:49  |  Puhi 12/04/08   50.   on the rabbis 08:11  |  joey 13/04/08   51.   to 47 the pope from Joel #40 and to secularists 09:26  |  Joel 13/04/08   52.   to 47 the pope from Joel #40 and to secularists 2nd reply 09:45  |  Joel 13/04/08   53.   to Joel 16:08  |  the pope 13/04/08   54.   Back to the Pope from Joel 01:14  |  Joel 14/04/08   55.   Absolute rubbish!! 13:15  |  david 14/04/08   56.   to Joel, answer 17:08  |  the pope 14/04/08   57.   32: Sptz is drooling again... 14:07  |  David Teich 15/04/08   58.   to Joel, also see very good response of 17:12  |  the pope 15/04/08   59.   re citizen zero 08:59  |  anglo saxon chareidi 16/04/08   60.   Joel, a point where you`re wrong (2nd try) 14:48  |  David Teich 18/04/08

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