Wednesday, August 12, 2009
How Israeli papers cover up racism: the real Israel
"A 23-year-old woman of Ethiopian descent claimed that the driver of an Egged  No. 5 bus in Rishon Lezion refused to allow her to board his bus because of the  color of her skin.  Speaking to Ynet, Yedno Verka recounted last Wednesday's incident: "As I  prepared board the bus, the driver suddenly shut the door. I banged on the  glass, but he ignored me. Then a young woman came running towards the bus, and  he opened the door for her. I stayed close to her and boarded the bus.  "When the driver saw me he said, 'what, don’t you understand that I don't allow  Kushim (derogatory term for black people) on board? Are you trying to smash my  door in? Were there buses in Ethiopia? Why don't you walk? In Ethiopia you  didn't even have shoes and here you do, so why don’t you walk?' I was shaking  all over; I couldn't even speak," she said."  Well notice that the paper managed to cite the word Kushim without telling its readers that it means "Nigger."  Israeli newspapers don't want to spoil the bogus "liberal" image of Israel, that it never ever deserved. (thanks Noa)