It is worth noting, the buses have been targets of suicide bombers. So there is some basis to refuse Palestinians transportation on buses. There is always the possibly for separate buses, too. But, to simply refuse transportation is not reasonable.
This picture is a suicide bombing in 2013 in Jerusalem.
This picture is a suicide bombing in 2013 in Jerusalem.
May 20, 2015
By Isabel Kershner
JERUSALEM — Responding to intense criticism, (click here) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Wednesday abruptly shelved a contentious pilot project introduced this week that prohibited Palestinians returning to the West Bank from riding on the same buses as Israelis.
The
decision to cancel the plan came as the European Union foreign policy
chief, Federica Mogherini, was making her way to the region to meet with
Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
The
Israeli government’s turnabout reflected the acute domestic sensitivity
over Israel’s image abroad, particularly given its new, narrow
government dominated by right-wing and religious parties, and the
growing frustration in the West over the impasse in the
Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Opposition
politicians had denounced the plan as immoral and racist, and said it
smacked of apartheid. There was also criticism from some more
conservative quarters.
The
plan was conceived by the Israeli Defense Ministry in response to
pressure from Jewish settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank who have
long demanded separate transportation for the Palestinians....
