FROM FALSE “APARTHEID” CHARGES, ARABS TURN TO “FREEDOM-RIDING BUSES” TO HARASS ISRAELIS; YISRAEL MEDAD
http://myrightword.blogspot.com/2011/11/racheting-up-apartheid-to-freedom.html
Letting their imagination run away with them, especially that their apartheid analogy is falling apart, the lefty progressive radical supporting Arab fascism in my neighborhood, have come up with another idea: freedom-riding buses.
On November 15, Palestinian activists will attempt to board segregated Israeli settler public transport headed to occupied East Jerusalem in an act of civil disobedience inspired by the Freedom Riders of the US Civil Rights Movement.
Fifty years after the US Freedom Riders staged mixed-race bus rides through the roads of the segregated American South, Palestinian Freedom Riders will be asserting their right for liberty and dignity by disrupting the military regime of the Occupation through peaceful civil disobedience. Organizers say this ride to demand liberty, equality, and access to Jerusalem is the first of many to come.
and they explain
“The Freedom Riders seek to highlight Israel’s attempts to illegally sever occupied East Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank, and the apartheid system that Israel has imposed on Palestinians in the occupied territories.
Several Israeli companies, among them Egged and Veolia, operate dozens of lines that run through the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, many of them subsidized by the state,” said the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee said in a press release.
“They run between different Israeli settlements, connecting them to each other and cities inside Israel. Some lines connecting Jerusalem to other cities inside Israel, such as Eilat and Beit She’an, are also routed to pass through the West Bank.”
According to the group, Israelis suffer almost no limitations on their freedom of movement in the occupied Palestinian territory, and are even allowed to settle in it, contrary to international law.
Besides the fact that we Jews cannot go into Arab areas and many roads out here are segregated against Jewish vehicular traffic, the whole issue is security.
Arabs board Jewish buses and blow themselves up.
And since the buses go to Jewish communities, why would an Arab want to travel on them?
They have their wonderful sherut taxi system in addition to buses.
But if you read to the end, they admit it is but a ploy:
While it is not officially forbidden for Palestinians to use Israeli public transportation in the West Bank, these lines are effectively segregated, since many of them pass through Jewish-only settlements, to which Palestinian entry is prohibited by a military decree.
and Ta’anit Tzedek – Jewish Fast for Gaza
will stand in solidarity with them with a very special conference call on the day of the demonstration. You can join on Tuesday, November 15 at 12 pm Eastern Time in conversation with Ellen Broms, one of the original Freedom Riders for civil rights in the American South and currently an activist for a just peace in Israel/Palestine.
To participate in the call:
Dial Access Number: 1.800.920.7487
Enter Participant Code: 92247763#There will be opportunities for questions and answers during the call.
Anybody participating in the call?
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