Editing Last call (section)

== Israel ==
In Israel, there are no specific closing times and the country has liberal alcohol laws. Bars and clubs in entertainment districts will serve alcohol practically 24 hours a day, while in residential districts local regulations apply; establishments that serve alcohol outside may often have to call their guests inside after midnight or even close completely.

In 2006, [[Knesset]] member [[Ruhama Avraham]] attempted to pass a [[Bill (proposed law)|bill]] in parliament that would forbid selling alcohol between 2 and 6{{nbsp}}a.m.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/777898.html |title=ועדת השרים אישרה הצעה לסגור פאבים ב-2 בלילה - חדשות -הארץ |publisher=Haaretz.co.il |access-date=2009-08-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605093609/http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/777898.html |archive-date=2011-06-05 }}</ref> The bill faced severe resistance from bar and restaurant owners and finally was drawn back.

In Tel Aviv, bars are fined for remaining open past 1{{nbsp}}a.m. Though few bars actually close at that time, they are forced to pay the "back-door" tax to the municipality, with no recourse to the national government. A number of bars are contemplated closing at the required time and during internationally promoted events such as Gay Pride Week in protest of the city's underhanded hypocrisy in promoting itself as "the city that never sleeps" but also fining the very establishments that make it such a hot tourist spot.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

Alcohol is no longer sold around the clock in grocery stores, and no sales are allowed between 11{{nbsp}}p.m. and 6{{nbsp}}a.m.