Un nouveau visage de l'apartheid : en Israël

L'apartheid israélien a un nouveau visage : les Palestiniens qui prennent le bus pour travailler en Israël ne pourront plus, sur certaines lignes, partager les mêmes véhicules que les colons qui les considèrent comme une menace à leur sécurité.

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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 follows complaints from settlers that Palestinians are a security risk.

By Chaim Levinson | Mar.03, 2013 | 12:10 PM | 45  

Palestinians may need to seek alternative forms of transport to buses. Photo by Eliyahu Hershkovitz

Starting on Monday, certain buses running from the West Bank into central Israel will have separate lines for Jews and Arabs.

The Afikim bus company will begin operating Palestinian-only bus lines from the checkpoints to Gush Dan to prevent Palestinians from boarding buses with Jewish passengers. Palestinians are not allowed to enter settlements, and instead board buses from several bus stops on the Trans-Samaria highway.

Last November, Haaretz reported that the Transportation Ministry was looking into such a plan due to pressure from the late mayor of Ariel, Ron Nahman, and the head of the Karnei Shomron Local Council. They said residents had complained that Palestinians on their buses were a security risk.(...)

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