Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped in to quash a law only hours after it went into effect today (May 20, 2015), as it threatened to blow up into a public relations disaster, according to the Euro News website.
New Minister of Defense Moshe Yaalon accepted a longstanding Jewish settlers' demand and banned West Bank Palestinians who work in Israel from using the same buses as Israelis.
The attempt to enforce the measure is a clear sign of the growing militant settler influence over the government, which has gone further to the right following the latest election.
"There is absolutely no security justification for the bus segregation policy; it is merely the result of the military establishment caving in to pressure by settlers. We are talking about a population of Palestinians who have work permits, who have proven they do not pose a security threat to Israel. What this actually is, is one step in furthering apartheid in the West Bank," said human rights organization Yesh Din's Emily Schaeffer.
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