On the night of January 1, 2018, immigrants from the countries of the former USSR will be able to have fun with the soul, without fear that they will be fined for violating public order.
In December last year, Konstantin Razvozov ("Yesh Atid") presented his bill to the Knesset plenary meeting, whose goal was to allow the celebration of the New Year all night long without fear of receiving a fine for breaking the silence.
Until now, such holidays included only Independence Day, Purim, Jerusalem Day and MIMUNA (a festival of Moroccan Jews, celebrated on the last day of Pesach). Now the New Year is added to these holidays.
"The community of natives of the USSR deserves that the state be considered with our traditions, just as it is considered with the traditions of repatriates from other countries. If the state supports a broad and noisy celebration of MIMUNA, then there is no reason not to support the celebration of our New Year. In addition, more and more natives of the country consider New Year a full-fledged holiday and celebrate it, "said Konstantin Razvozov.
The Minister of Environmental Protection Zeev Elkin supported the initiative of Deputy Razvozov, and introduced an amendment to the Instruction on Preventing Damage (noise prevention) (TAKANOT LMNIAT MIFGAIM (MNIAT RAASH).
"This amendment is the logical continuation of my initiative to make on January 1 a list of paid working days, which the Israelis have the right to declare as holiday (YOM BHIRA). I am glad that I help the people of the former USSR who can live in Israel without giving up their traditions and celebrate their favorite holiday, "said Minister of Environment Zeev Elkin.