Posts Tagged ‘Israeli Buses’
Petty Apartheid – South African Style – Comes to Israel
This was originally posted in March 2013 but an update has marked it as posted today – it is of historical interest only Israel introduces ‘Palestinian only’ bus lines, following complaints from Jewish settlers Afikim bus company to have special buses for Palestinian workers commuting from the West Bank to jobs in central Israel; announcement…
Read MoreJust Another Example of Everyday Israeli Racism – Announcements will no longer be made in Arabic on Be’er Sheva Buses
All it took were a few complaints for the Government’s Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz to act A bus going to Be’er Sheva stops in the Bedouin town of Hura, August 4, 2016. Eliyahu Hershkovitz In Israel Arabic is officially a language alongside Hebrew. However like all things in Israel, equality is more a matter of…
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