Contrary to earlier media reports, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon did NOT ban Palestinian Authority Arab workers from using Israeli public buses, on either side of the 1949 Armistice Line, also called the “Green Line.”
What Ya’alon did do, as reported today (Sunday, Oct. 26) by The Jerusalem Post and The Knesset Channel, was create a plan that will soon require PA Arab workers to return to their homes each night in the PA via the same checkpoint through which they earlier entered Israel.
There is no start date yet for the program, which will begin with one major checkpoint, reportedly the Eyal checkpoint near the PA Arab city of Qalqilya.
The plan will enable security personnel to more efficiently track PA Arab workers as they travel to and from their day jobs on the Israel side of the pre-1967 line.
Until now, Palestinian Authority Arab workers in Samaria (Shomron) with authorized work permits have been able to cross the 1949 Armistice Lines and enter pre-1967 Israel via one checkpoint, and return via any other.
At the end of each day, they could, and did, return via any other checkpoint they wished — or not. And the “or not” is the problem.
It was extremely difficult to properly track those who illegally stayed over in Tel Aviv and those who returned home as they were supposed to each night, the defense minister noted. And that created serious security issues.
Leftwingers are screaming “Apartheid” and segregation, claiming PA residents who use the Eyal checkpoint won’t be allowed to ride Israeli buses anymore.
But it won’t be because of any ban. The only Jewish community that shares the use of the Eyal checkpoint is Tzofim, and Tzofim is on the Western side of the security fence.
Otherwise, the only reason one goes through the Eyal checkpoint is to enter or exit the PA controlled city of Qalqilya, and Israelis generally aren’t allowed into Qalqilya.
The bottom line is that if PA Arabs cross the Green Line at the Eyal checkpoint, it is unlikely they will be sharing buses with Israelis, but only because there are no Israeli passengers there to pick up, and not because of some fictional ban.
Whether in Tel Aviv or in Samaria (Shomron), PA Arabs can use any bus they choose.
All arabs should be banned from Israeli busses everywhere.
All muslim should be wipe out on earth surface
execute rock throwers sincerely super jew
Finally
long overdue
Kick dem out
good ban them
I hope this happens soon. It's long overdue.
good.
Lefty moron
Farish, admit you want the entire territory there free of Jews. Now that's apartheid. A racist, Jew hating mindset. By the way, when was the last time an Israeli Jew raped a Palestinian woman? We were accused of racism years ago for not wanting to touch one of you, let alone rape.
If the Israelis were like the arabs you wouldn't have police controlling rioters. you would have tanks running over them.
They should all be driven into Jordan and left there
It's about time, they must leave Israel and Greater Zion, they already know it and the sooner they leave the better for all concerned: "They Must Go!"
There are no occupied territories read Treaty of Peace Between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan October 26, 1994
Let them find work somewhere else it is a privilege to be human
Racism it is amazing how stupid and uninformed you are. I hope you have a chance to bath in pigs blood. Your mind is tainted by misinformation
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GOOD
22 Arab lands have a lot of work for them….barricade them in Israel!
Should be…ban the troublemakers!
The majority of Arab workers in Judea/Samaria simply want to get to their jobs to support their families. It is the terrorists who are making life bad not just for Jews but for these Arabs as well.
Farish Azami Yes, it was quite disgusting for an Arab man to run over a crowd with a car and kill a 3 month old baby, and for another to enter a family's house and slaughter the parents and all the kids with a knife.
Its sad how disgusting you ppl think its a shame to.have disgusting humans like Zionist on this earth… not all jews are bad because yes I have Jewish friends and they sure dont think like you filthy dirty minded ppl…heartless Zionist… god is great… go after Hitler not innocent children n women…idf has raped women you dirty pig…go watch live videos…you.ppl waste of time and not worth talking to…pigs…
Here we go again. Remember a few years ago when the far-left and the anti-Semitic international community came out with the same allegations of Israel's bus lines being "Apartheid" and "segregation" over buses that made life more convenient for Arab workers that bypassed Israeli settlements.
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