(JERUSALEM POST) — A Likud lawmaker’s contentious proposal to ban commercial activity on the Sabbath has ensnared an Israeli pop star in the public debate.
Ninet Tayeb, the rock singer who first shot to fame a decade ago after winning an American Idol-style reality television show, angrily rebuffed Likud MK Miki Zohar after the latter claimed that she is a supporter of his controversial piece of legislation.
Tayeb’s ascent to stardom was considered particularly noteworthy given her modest background - she grew up in Kiryat Gat, a rural development town in the northern Negev.
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