The buses outside of Sha'ar Shchem are Arab bus lines and companies from before 1967. I lived in the East Jerusalem back in those days. The buses are not segregated per se but travel to Arab populated areas only as they always have. Anyone traveling to those areas can - and do - use them. Yes, and men and women do separate themselves as do the Haridim - and for the same reasons.

If the busses are overly full as some claim...why not schedule more busses to serve all? That would seem a simple solution. But than...nothing is ever simple when it comes to this increasingly murky conflict is it?

Some of us work very hard to help Israel's image abroad, as we stand opposed to those who call Israel an Apartheid state. We really do our best, and it is a shame that the state of Israel won't help itself against this horrible image. How would we reply now? Help us help Israel instead of making mistakes like this...

Will you do the jobs they are doing today ?

I've used tjhe Arab buses coming from Bethlehem back to Damascus Gate. There were Jews at various points along the route that came on them and went off. They may have not had the same final destination as the Arab passengers (into Jerusalem Arab neighbourhoods) but Jews can and do use Arab buses in Jerusalem to get to common points in the bus routes (eg. Old City)

Frank, you made my day.This anti-Zionist, anti-Israel creature, Sarah B, truly deserves that. From Brooklym she keeps inciting, provoking, preaching hate and destruction of israel by all means. Israel is not South Africa. We are a decent, civizllized country, governed by the rule of law, including human rights. Thank you for help us from abroad to stop the malign influence of those Israel-bashers.

Being oggled like a camel in the market is not what a girl wants on the ride home from work.

with buses? Let them use some of their overly generous US and EU handouts to buy their own buses...and build their own power plants and water purification systems while they are at it.

One of these palestinians can easily carry a terrorist attack with a bomb on one of these buses... I hardly believe this is a racial segregation issue... Not to mention that 1- it makes security inspections easier. 2- palestinians are not obligated to work in Israel... These things happen on non conventional wars, it's time for the reactionary left to get used to the problem they build in 1948...

that is great you used the busses. Fact however is that I have never seen Jews on those busses, just glaring Arabs. I use egged 38 for old city as does everyone who does not want to do the shlep from machine yehuda with groceries. but maybe i do not know much as I only use busses or walk i Yerushalayim.

more buses would be the answer and on the routes with the highest demands.Passengers would gravitate to those services they require. Whole thing seems badly handled giving a field day to Pallywood PR and leading to the inevitable claims of apartheid when it looks more like it was a way to improve services for Arab workers If it were in response to a terror attack or because of serious security concerns I am sure the authorities would not have been shy in saying so.

in non conventional wars someone wrote in a talkback. It's just a security-issue. It's no big deal. Stop the influx of Palestinians to Israel all together also a named solution. Why is it so hard for some to see where the current situation is leading to? Why does Israel need to be defended no matter what....instead of helping it get out of this swamp it creates for itself?

When was a statue of Rosa Parks unveiled by President Obama? Oh, just last week...well, they say that in comedy, timing is everything!

Your comment makes zero sense.

Back of the bus mentality.

arab-muslems bomb, destroy & kill. Keep them separate from the Jews. No doubt the world will waste no time in condemning Israel for having the cheek to defend it's citizens.

Utterly appalling action and utterly appalling attempt at justification. How can we Jews in the diaspora attempt to counter the 'apartheid' argument when the Israeli government acts like this? Just hope the courts throw this out.