JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Charedim waiting for an Egged bus in Bnei Brak Sunday blocked the bus when it arrived in protest over the driver- who was a woman. “They refused to enter and prevented her from continuing the route,” passersby reported.
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The bus, No. 146 travelling from Bnei Brak to Holon, was on the route in the early afternoon when it was stopped by passengers who demanded to ride on a bus which is not driven by a woman.
The Egged company responded to the incident, stating that “this was a serious and disgraceful incident and we sharply condemn harming workers of the Egged bus company who are faithfully performing their jobs. The 146 bus from Bnei Brak was blocked by an extremist group of hooligans who do not represent the residents of the city. We hope that law enforcement authorities will bring these hooligans to justice so that attacks of this type will not repeat themselves in Bnei Brak or in any place in Israel.”
Gender separation is a controversial issue which is frequently in the headlines. In 2011 the Supreme Court ruled that gender separation on buses is only permitted with the agreement of all the passengers. There are Mehadrin buses in may chareidi enclaves. Deputy transportation minister Uri Maklev favors the establishment of “separate-gender routes” and has called on women to accept such segregations, claiming that this “is not feminine exclusion but rather a feminine benefit.”
So don’t ride the bus!did they prevent her from leaving so they could stare at her longer?
They’re helping the leftists spreading hatreds towards real religious Jews
Will they also stop ambulances driven by Women? No wonder the vast secular center of Israel is fighting against the theocracy.
Time for some Rebbes and Gedolim to speak out against such chillul h’shem !
in williamsburg new york in the jewish neighborhood, there is always men or women drivers, we never blocked there bus, because we are not the owners of the country, same is in israel,
Why don’t they have female drivers sit at the back of the bus?
This is exactly what the leftists are looking for disgusting stupid people
Definition of a cult.
What would they do if this was a plane?
What about people getting to work?? Someone going to see a doctor??
Looks like there is 2 separate standard, when the leftist do it they are bums for blocking the roads, but when the charedim do it it is somehow okay.
What difference does it make who is driving the bus as long as they are qualified. I would definetly prefer a Jewish woman driver over an Arab male driver
Is “gender separation” to be effected by female drivers for “all-women” buses? This would indeed be a benefit to women; and also for the men of B’nai V’rak, who are mostly forced to be supported by their working wive’s salaries
My Tatty told me when in Alabama they started hiring Black drivers they did the same thing. This proves that the saying how Charedim are 30-50 years behind everyone else is true.
Like Rosa Parks, the problem was she was seated on the wrong side. Get a an English/Aussie bus layout and problem solved 😉
I was in Mexico City last summer. There are subway cars reserved for women and children there.
you just need to send them to work, you dont kill people
Leave it to VIN to do the chareidi bashing. No need to to go to NYT anymore.