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Parents’ Request for No East Jerusalem Bus Drivers Rejected: “Not the Way of Jerusalem”

Pointing to a spate of terrorist incidents perpetrated by Arab Israelis living in east Jerusalem who show no signs of violent or nationalist tendencies until the fatal act; and asserting the request is born of fear and not bigotry, parents of students of a Jerusalem school district have asked that east Jerusalem residents not be hired to drive their children’s buses. The governing body, the Jerusalem Education Administration, rejected the requests, reiterating that the companies hired to supply drivers must meet standards, but the idea of race-based hiring is “against the very education system we aspire to lead.” The Jerusalem Parents Association, whose members include the parents making the request, condemned those who have written letters asking for the ban on east Jerusalem drivers, calling the requests “inappropriate.”