Officially, Israel is a Jewish democratic state. Supposedly secular. However, religion plays a very significant role in everyday life here. In no small part thanks to strong lobbying in government. Hence a bunch of uncomfortable restrictions, those who observe them come up with various ways to get around them, and those uninvolved simply suffer from strange rules that have somehow become laws.

For example, in Israel it's officially forbidden to register not even same-sex marriages, but interfaith ones. A Jew can't formalize a relationship with a Muslim woman or an atheist with a Christian woman. At the same time, it's all fine if a couple registers in, say, Egypt. Such a union is recognized without any issues by all state structures.

Or on Shabbat, public transport pretty much stops running across the country. Though this really depends more on regional authorities. In Tel Aviv it's noticeably less of an issue, but in smaller cities everything pretty much shuts down. But you just can't leave the airport like that.