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Title: Ben got a job driving a bus in Israel
Post by: mord on July 14, 2010, 10:25:40 AM

 :::D                http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=181420   












 
Driver: 'No black Ethiopians on my bus'
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Driver: 'No black Ethiopians on my bus'
By LAHAV HARKOV
07/14/2010 18:22

Driver is sued over racist comments.
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An Egged bus driver is being sued for NIS 200,000 after allegedly slandering, insulting, and verbally and physically assaulting an Ethiopian passenger, according to a statement released by Tebeka, an advocacy organization for Ethiopian Israelis.

The Ethiopian college student waited at a bus stop in Rishon Leziyyon, and tried to board the bus, but the driver closed the door in her face, refusing to let her on. She managed to get on the bus anyway, and the driver yelled at her, saying "I don't let black Ethiopians on my bus," and "these blacks - who let you into Israel?"

The driver added: "All of these kushim [a derogatory term for Africans] should be sent back to Ethiopia. You are a stupid nation, and you damage our land."

The passenger asked the driver not to speak to her, and in response, the driver grabbed her skirt, not allowing her to proceed onto the bus.

At a hearing conducted by Egged, the driver did not express regret and did not apologize. He said he stands by his opinios about Ethiopians. Egged fined the driver with one and a half months' salary. The Ministry of Transportation also pressed charges against the driver and Egged.

Tomer Reif and Hila Ben Harosh, the lawyers representing the student, are part of a Project "My Brother's Keeper," in which lawyers represent Ethiopians that turn to Tebeka pro bono.

Title: Re: Ben got a job driving a bus in Israel
Post by: IsraeliGovtAreKapos on July 14, 2010, 10:34:01 AM

Ben's a bad boy

Title: Re: Ben got a job driving a bus in Israel
Post by: angryChineseKahanist on July 14, 2010, 12:08:54 PM

Do we know if this was an Ethiopian Jew or just negroid?

Title: Re: Ben got a job driving a bus in Israel
Post by: ✡ Hindu Zionist ॐ on July 14, 2010, 12:23:23 PM

 :::D

Quote from: angryChineseKahanist on July 14, 2010, 12:08:54 PM

Do we know if this was an Ethiopian Jew or just negroid?

huh

Title: Re: Ben got a job driving a bus in Israel
Post by: Maccabi on July 14, 2010, 01:47:45 PM

I don't mind the ethiopians...must of the ones I've met seem respectable.  In about 2 years in Israel, only one time did I see a group of ethiopians being obnoxious.  If they are Jews from the lineage of Shlomo HaMelech they should be treated like other Jews.

There are some other Africans here, like the Sudanese who should be deported immediately. A lot of them work in Eilat.

Title: Re: Ben got a job driving a bus in Israel
Post by: TruthSpreader on July 14, 2010, 02:29:58 PM

Well I hope he brings a bunch of smelly Arabs on his route with him. He'd really hate his job then.

 

Title: Re: Ben got a job driving a bus in Israel
Post by: angryChineseKahanist on July 14, 2010, 02:31:22 PM

I mean it. They seem to look different.