Israel launches 'Palestinian only' buses

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1989 Tel Aviv-Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack (16 dead)
1994 Afula Bus suicide bombing (8 dead)
1994 Hadera bus station suicide bombing (5 dead)
1994 Dizengoff Street bus bombing (22 dead)
1995 Kfar Darom bus attack (8 dead)
1995 Ramat Gan bus bombing (6 dead)
1995 Ramat Eshkol bus bombing (4 dead)
1996 Ashkelon bus station bombing (1 dead)
1996 First Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing (29 dead)
1996 Second Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing (19 dead)
2001 Pardes Hanna bus bombing (3 dead)
2001 Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing (15 dead)
2002 3rd Egged bus 823 bombing (7 dead)
2002 Patt Junction Bus Bombing (19 dead)
2002 Meron Junction Bus 361 attack (9 dead)
2002 Allenby Street bus bombing (6 dead)
2002 Kiryat Menachem bus bombing (11 dead)
2003 Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing (17 dead)
2003 Jerusalem bus 6 bombing (7 dead)
2003 Davidka Square bus bombing (17 dead)
2003 Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing (23 dead)
2004 Gaza Street bus bombing (11 dead)
2004 Liberty Bell Park bus bombing (8 dead)
2004 Tel Aviv bus stop bombing (16 dead)

... 311 fatal casualties (not including the perpetrators) from bus bombings in Israel since 1989... That 38.7 percent of all fatal casualties from Palestinian suicide attacks from 1989 to 2008.

And I am not even counting the bus bombings which only caused injuries or no injuries at all.

Nor did I include the following:

2002 Megiddo Junction bus bombing (17 dead)
2002 Immanuel bus attack (9 dead)
2003 Tel-Aviv central bus station massacre (23 dead)
2003 Tzrifin bus stop attack (9 dead)
2003 Geha Interchange bus stop bombing (4 dead)
2004 Tel Aviv bus stop bombing (1 dead)

... as these attacks weren't actually carried out on the bus.

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pa ... de_attacks

Bottom line, this sounds like a legitimate security measure.

Remember, if the Palestinians had demonstrated any sort of regard for human life, never mind the lives of their own people, it would be in Israel's interests to HAVE mixed buses, if for no other reason than the Palestinians wouldn't blow up the Israelis if it meant killing their own people too. But the Palestinian's don't have that mentality, so it is necessary to deny them the opportunity to blow themselves up on buses with Israelis aboard.

If the adults could put their hatred for each other aside and let the kids play together there might be a chance for peace in the future.

And that is just the sort of thing that likely continues the motivation for extremism on the part of the palestinians.....I mean the way they push them around no wonder their pissed. I will say agian I still think both sides are wrong and should come to terms with that and learn to get along and share the damn land they both live on.

I don't see how people can treat Israel as some innocent nation just trying to survive against all the evil arabs....but perhaps its things like this that keep provoking the 'evil arabs'. I mean yes they proved their point they have a more elite everything and can kick the palestinians ass at will.....would they like a reward?

bottom line is at the VERY LEAST, Israel needs to withdraw settlers/human shields from Gaza and the West Bank.

The settlements are only growing and Israel of late, is showing absolutely no interest in compromising.