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Beersheba woman: Bus driver called me 'stinking Ethiopian'
Danny Adeno Abebe
Published: 31.07.12, 00:19
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1. What a disgrace
Geoff ,   London (UK)   (07.31.12)
If the driver made the remarks attributed to him he should be sacked immediately.
2. Don't Believe Everything You Hear
Cheryl ,   Chicago, USA   (07.31.12)
We don't know the whole story of this situation. Or if any of the allegations are true or not.
3. Disgusting...if true.
RichInBoston ,   Boston USA   (07.31.12)
We of all people should know better. So very, very sad.
4. Not surprised
Shlomo ,   USA   (07.31.12)
Given the attitude of many Ynet talkback commentators about Obama, I am not surprised at all. I have been coming to Israel since the 70's and one thing I have noticed is the gradual radicalization of the Jewish population starting in the late 90's. People who once were reasonable and welcoming, now are so far to the right that the word 'fascist' describes someone to the left. Since when did the color of a persons skin determine how you treat them? Remember, as Jews we have been subject to similar discrimination for more than 2000 years. It is a lesson we should have learned by now.
5. Forget about it
Doug ,   U.S.   (07.31.12)
Ynet: You're a newspaper, right? Report news.
6. As long as we keep taking in African immigrants...
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (07.31.12)
We will be in deep trouble. Forget about Hezbollah and the Iranian nuclear threat, a more clear and present danger is lurking on the inside...
7. #6
Helene ,   Israel   (07.31.12)
Can you be clearer ?? Are you against the immigration of Jewish Ethiopians ??
8. It happens all the time with bus drivers against haredim
Moe   (07.31.12)
but it wouldn't make headlines in secular media.
9. #7 Helene
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (07.31.12)
I am not a racist Helene, but yes, I am against African immigration because I believe it is a recipe for disaster. Who are the Africans sending over to Israel? The brain surgeons? The nuclear scientists? or the needy try to suck Israeli precious resources that should go to genuine Jews...
10. Totally uncalled for
Bad Assed Jew ,   United States   (07.31.12)
this should never have happened. The bus driver has some explaining to do in front of his superiors. If the driver did say these things, he should be fired, period Jew or non Jew.
11. Sarah B.
Chaya ,   Bat Yam   (07.31.12)
All three of those waiting for the bus are Jews! The aliyah from N. Africa in the 50's and 60's was similar. People with few skills and not much education. In time - as long as they are treated fairly - they will begin to contribute to society.
12. Insulting with "stinking"is more ...
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (07.31.12)
hurtful than spitting on girls.
13. 5 You mean only Haredi evil is news?
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (07.31.12)
14. There are some bus drivers that don`t deserve that place!
citizen ,   earth   (07.31.12)
They get paid thank to us, the people who use the bus as common transport. They should show some respect, there are bus drivers that don`t know what "respect" means. They may think they are Alpha and Omega!
15. #Ehmm... The bus driver was Bedouin not Jewish
Alex   (07.31.12)
I'm called Ruski all the time by Arabs but I don't complain.
16. Act like this is new news. Its about time racism is exposed.
Josh   (07.31.12)
How many racists read this and justify the unjustified? Bless this girl for helping others. The orphan, the widows, and the elderly.
17. "we are all jews here" lol guess the driver wasnt
jack bauer   (07.31.12)
he should be forced to take "sensativity" classes just like a jew would have to if he got caught acting like that to a bedo
18. Shlomo
H ,   England   (07.31.12)
Well, my experience of Israel has been the exact opposite - I have been visiting Israel regularly since the early 1980s, because my only sister emigrated there at that time. For the last 12 years, I've been accompanied on my visits by my partner, who is of Jamaican descent and not Jewish, and never have we experienced anything even vaguely akin to a racist attitude from anyone we've encountered there.
19. Intolerance
George ,   Lithgow, Australia   (07.31.12)
Any kind of intolerant behaviour should not be welcome. I was born in Romania, were all my life I was a "Jew", when I lived in Israel, there I became a "Romanian". Now, in Australia, I am much better off, here I am a "WOG"...
20. israel get your act together
european   (07.31.12)
how can you let this fascism fester in your midst? gender segregation, religious hatred, racism toward people of different color? this is the 21st, not the 14th century. for a nation that is the victim of racism itself, regarded as "inferior", it's absurd to perpetuate that madness yourselves against others!
21. The post at No. 6 is not mine
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (07.31.12)
22. To: Chaya at No. 11
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (07.31.12)
Did you really think I authored the disgraceful post at No. 6? Do you think I am not aware of the fact that all of the people in question are Jews? You've been taken in by the mentally ill troll.
23. #18 H, England
(07.31.12)
Well I guess your Jamaican partner had not have the chance to use public transportation...
24. Media covered up Dan Int'l 's racisim
MediaHypocrites ,   Jerusalem Israel   (07.31.12)
If the media is so concerned with racism why did they cover up the incident involcing the transvestie singer diva darling of the media "Dana International" when she screamed the "N" word at a black mother and her baby a few years ago in a shop. Media hypocrites !!!
25. Racism
RC ,   USA   (07.31.12)
If this is true I would like to see that Bedouin bus driver insult a colored person like that in Harlem. He would wind up in a hospital with some doctors trying to pull out a size 14 foot out of his rear end.
26. #23
H ,   England   (07.31.12)
Oh, but we do! My sister can not drive, and we find Israeli motorists a bit too scary for us to dare to hire a car there!
27. bus driver
spookey ,   birmingham uk   (08.01.12)
in the uk they just say it under there breath , racism is just as rife here as eny where else , but you dare not express your views ,
28. The post at No. 9 is not mine.
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (08.01.12)
29. With IS 50, why not just get a taxi
(08.01.12)
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