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The wave of Jerusalem attacks Israelis don’t hear about
One hundred Palestinian bus drivers in the capital have quit their jobs because of such violence from Jewish racists. If you’d asked me how many East Jerusalem Palestinian bus drivers in the capital had quit their jobs because of the violence they’d faced from Jewish assailants, I’d have said oh, maybe three. When I read…
By
Larry Derfner
December 16, 2014
Conflicting reports on death of Palestinian found hanged
It is still unclear whether Yusuf Hassan al-Ramouni took his own life or had it taken from him. What is clear is that Palestinians have every reason to doubt the police’s credibility. The minute news came out late Sunday night that a Palestinian man was found hanged at an Egged bus depot in Jerusalem, Twitter…
By
Mairav Zonszein
November 17, 2014
Ultra-Orthodox Jews tear down ‘bat mitzvah’ ads in Jerusalem
Buses carrying ‘Women of the Wall’ advertisements are vandalized and attacked; until earlier this year the Egged bus company refused to run ads featuring photos of women in Jerusalem. Unlike the majority of Jewish communities in western countries, most girls in Israel do not usually have bat mitzvah ceremonies. A new Jerusalem campaign promoting the…
By
Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
October 21, 2014
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Religious entitlement: Woman takes a stand where the state won’t
They are comparing her to Rosa Parks, the courageous woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus in 1955. She says she didn’t mean to take a stand but couldn’t back down when faced with a terrifying and unbelievably sexist situation. On Friday morning, in what continues to be a chain of…
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Ori J. Lenkinski
December 18, 2011
Israeli reactions to Freedom Riders
The reaction of Israeli onlookers was overwhelmingly negative, with bystanders making racist remarks; after Israeli forces arrested the six activists, a Palestinian journalist was also detained After a short press conference in Ramallah early Tuesday afternoon, journalists followed a van of six Palestinian Freedom Riders to a bus stop in the Jewish settlement of Psagot,…
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Mya Guarnieri Jaradat
November 15, 2011
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