bus segregation

The Ofer military prison in the snow, December 15, 2013. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Segregation is here, just look at Israel’s legal system

Although segregated buses provide a clear and obvious picture of discrimination, applying different laws to individuals living side by side may prove to have far greater legal, ethical and strategic consequences for Israel. By Gerard Horton On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, Prime Minister Netanyahu announced the freezing of a plan to segregate passengers on buses…

By +972 Magazine May 23, 2015

Freedom riders November 15, 2011 (Photo: ActiveStills)

Suspending bus segregation won’t solve a thing

The bus segregation plan is but one policy in a massive system of occupation, which is growing not only geographically but also institutionally, politically and conceptually. On Tuesday night the plan to segregate Palestinians and Israelis on buses in the West Bank was put into effect, reported Haaretz. On Wednesday morning the Prime Minister decided to suspend…

By Dahlia Scheindlin May 20, 2015

Palestinian workers with Israeli work permit stand in a line to broad a Israel bus line only for Palestinians, after they crossed the Eyal checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Qalqilya, March 4, 2012.

Majority of Israeli Jews support bus segregation, survey finds

Surveys by Israeli Democracy Index and Tel Aviv University find that most Israeli Jews prefer separate buses for Jews and Palestinians in the West Bank; one-quarter of Arab respondents support the torching of Jerusalem’s only mixed Jewish-Arab school. As Israel heads into election cycle, a shower of political punditry will yet again distract everyone from…

By Dahlia Scheindlin December 11, 2014

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