Israel suspends plan to segregate Israelis, Palestinians on West Bank buses following criticism
‘Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon decided Wednesday to suspend a program to separate Israeli and Palestinian bus travel in the West Bank.
The program, launched Tuesday, stipulated that Palestinian workers would have to return from Israel to the West Bank via the same checkpoint they left and will not be allowed to ride Israeli bus lines.
Deputy Minister of Defense MK Eli Ben-Dahan (Habayit Hayehudi) said on Wednesday in the Knesset that he was “surprised” by the suspension of the program. Responding to a parliamentary question submitted by MK Ofer Shelah, Ben-Dahan said: “I didn’t know. I wasn’t updated. I only began serving as deputy minister this morning, it’s not appropriate to send me to give an answer without me being aware of it.”‘
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