As a part of the Status Quo in Israel about the Shabbat, in most areas of Israel, public transportation is inactive on Shabbat (Except for lines in remote settlements at the edges of the country, the city of Haifa and other mixed cities such as Nazareth and Nof HaGalil, taxis and Share taxis).

During the 2010s, a number of private projects aimed at operating transportation services on weekends (and especially on Shabbats) began by establishing cooperative associations.

Such projects include "Shabus" (שבוס; a portmanteau of the words Shabbat and bus), which operates in Jerusalem; "Noa Tanua" (נוע תנוע; lit.

"And yet it does move" - The Hebrew translation of Gallileo Gallilei's quote after the Catholic Church forced him to recant his observation that the Earth orbits the Sun), which operates in Gush Dan; Be'er Sheva and Haifa, "Sababus" (סבבוס; a portmanteau of the Hebrew word "Sababa" and the word "bus"), which operates between Ramat Gan and Tel Aviv; and "Kave HaHof" (קווי החוף; lit.

[7] In January 2024, Kfar Saba joined the project, adding line 714 and discontinuing "KfarSaBus", its own weekend bus service to Tel Aviv.

The added line, 715, would stop at select intersections in Highway 1, potentially serving other communities along its route such as Abu Ghosh.

It is also not possible to get information about the availability and their routes in the official application of the Ministry of Transportation for ride times "Kol-Kav" (כל-קו; lit.

[16] The weekend public transportation project "Na'im Busofash" has received many harsh criticisms from the religious and ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel.

On the fourth weekend of the project (December 13–14, 2019), hundreds of ultra-Orthodox people protested against the operation of the public transportation system.

At the same protest, police arrested 16 ultra-Orthodox people for blocking roads, disorderly conduct and throwing stones at the cops.

[19] Negative reviews also came from taxi drivers, but not about the service itself, but about the fact that it is free, thus it hurts their main livelihood (on the weekends).

Knesset member Avigdor Lieberman also praised the project that it "blocks the religious coercion that is trying to be forced in cities where there is a secular majority.