Israeli female soldier accosted for rebuffing bus segregation

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

A day after a massive rally in central Israel protested gender segregation and discrimination in Israel, a female Israel Defense Forces soldier reported being accosted by a Haredi man on Wednesday over her refusal to move to the back of a segregated bus in Jerusalem.

According to the soldier, Doron Matalon, a 45-year-old man asked her to move to the back of the bus, threatening her, and calling her "prostitute."

"I didn't want to move back, both on principle and because there wasn't any room. It's always stuffy and disgusting in the back," Matalon said, adding that "everything was fine, I was almost at my stop, and then the conductors came on."

At that point, the IDF soldier said, the ultra-Orthodox man chastised a woman who had come over to the front of the bus to have her ticket checked, saying: "You don't have to come up front to check your ticket, a woman shouldn't move to this side of the bus."

"And then he turned to me," Matalon said, and said 'you too soldier, move back, and then he called me a prostitute." According to the IDF soldier, the man was soon joined by other religious men in the bus, who proceeded to yell out "prostitute," and "Shikse "(gentile woman).

Matalon said that at that point she "felt threatened and a huge commotion began. I yelled out for the conductor to come quick, and two male conductors rushed in. They pushed him away from me and said: 'Why are you shouting, she's a soldier,' but he continued to be abusive."

The bus was ordered to stop in the city's Levi Eshkol Blvd, where the conductors called the police. Eyewitnesses reported that the Haredi men continued his disruptive behavior even after a police officer arrived at the scene.

All those involved were taken to questioning, with the ultra-Orthodox man the only one to be arrested following the incident.

"This isn’t the first time this has happened, I just asked for help this time," Matalon said, adding that she had experienced "worse incidents on this line," including one in which she was shoved off the bus when her stop arrived."

"I'm slowly calming down, but I'm not over it yet," the IDF soldier said.

Police sources indicated that the suspected was to be held until Thursday, at which point he will face a court remand hearing.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/israeli-female-soldier-accosted-for-rebuffing-haredi-bus-segregation-1.404158

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religious people are a real problem.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

religious people are a real problem.

Some religious people are a real problem. Most aren't.

Kind of like atheists - some are a real problem, but most aren't.

[Danno 1,228]

How does the segregated bus system work over there?

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Some religious people are a real problem. Most aren't.

As a group, they're pretty much a PITA to normal people.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

How does the segregated bus system work over there?

It means that males and females are segregated on the buses - women use the rear door and sit in the back, men use the forward door and sit in the front.

The ultra-Orthodox asked the bus company to provide it on routes through their neighborhoods, and the bus company agreed.

There is a good article on how it happened here:

http://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/orthodox-vs-secular-gender-segregated-bus-gives-us-israeli-rosa-parks-406259

As a group, they're pretty much a PITA to normal people.

Some normal people are a real problem. But most aren't.

[slim 1,530]

I'd ruff her up on the bus. "whoa... the bumps."

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

I'd ruff her up on the bus. "whoa... the bumps."

This is the soldier who was "accosted":

[slim 1,530]

This is the soldier who was "accosted":

I know. I google stalked her.

I guess it's about time to turn this into a "hotties of the IDF" thread, isn't it?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

When Jewish extremists start blowing up buses with suicide bombers...let us know will you?

Until then we will just have to be outraged over someone being called a "prostitute"

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[Ban Hammer 13,508]

obviously there needs to be a slutwalk in israel.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

When Jewish extremists start blowing up buses with suicide bombers...let us know will you?

Until then we will just have to be outraged over someone being called a "prostitute"

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Q: What do suicide bombers have to do with this story ?

A: Nothing.