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Woman beaten on J'lem bus for refusing to move to rear seat
By Daphna Berman
 

A woman who reported a vicious attack by an ad-hoc "modesty patrol" on a Jerusalem bus last month is now lining up support for her case and may be included in a petition to the High Court of Justice over the legality of sex-segregated buses.

Miriam Shear says she was traveling to pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City early on November 24 when a group of ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) men attacked her for refusing to move to the back of the Egged No. 2 bus. She is now in touch with several legal advocacy and women's organizations, and at the same time, waiting for the police to apprehend her attackers.

In her first interview since the incident, Shear says that on the bus three weeks ago, she was slapped, kicked, punched and pushed by a group of men who demanded that she sit in the back of the bus with the other women. The bus driver, in response to a media inquiry, denied that violence was used against her, but Shear's account has been substantiated by an unrelated eyewitness on the bus who confirmed that she sustained an unprovoked "severe beating."
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Shear, an American-Israeli woman who currently lives in Canada, says that on a recent five-week vacation to Israel, she rode the bus daily to the Old City to pray at sunrise. Though not defined by Egged as a sex-segregated "mehadrin" bus, women usually sit in the back, while men sit in the front, as a matter of custom.

"Every two or three days, someone would tell me to sit in the back, sometimes politely and sometimes not," she recalled this week in a telephone interview. "I was always polite and said 'No. This is not a synagogue. I am not going to sit in the back.'"

But Shear, a 50-year-old religious woman, says that on the morning of the 24th, a man got onto the bus and demanded her seat - even though there were a number of other seats available in the front of the bus.

"I said, I'm not moving and he said, 'I'm not asking you, I'm telling you.' Then he spat in my face and at that point, I was in high adrenaline mode and called him a son-of-a-bitch, which I am not proud of. Then I spat back. At that point, he pushed me down and people on the bus were screaming that I was crazy. Four men surrounded me and slapped my face, punched me in the chest, pulled at my clothes, beat me, kicked me. My snood [hair covering] came off. I was fighting back and kicked one of the men in his privates. I will never forget the look on his face."

Shear says that when she bent down in the aisle to retrieve her hair covering, "one of the men kicked me in the face. Thank God he missed my eye. I got up and punched him. I said, 'I want my hair covering back' but he wouldn't give it to me, so I took his black hat and threw it in the aisle."

'Stupid American'

Throughout the encounter, Shear says the bus driver "did nothing." The other passengers, she says, blamed her for not moving to the back of the bus and called her a "stupid American with no sechel [common sense.] People blamed me for not knowing my place and not going to the back of the bus where I belong."

According to Yehoshua Meyer, the eyewitness to the incident, Shear's account is entirely accurate. "I saw everything," he said. "Someone got on the bus and demanded that she go to the back, but she didn't agree. She was badly beaten and her whole body sustained hits and kicks. She tried to fight back and no one would help her. I tried to help, but someone was stopping me from getting up. My phone's battery was dead, so I couldn't call the police. I yelled for the bus driver to stop. He stopped once, but he didn't do anything. When we finally got to the Kotel [Western Wall], she was beaten badly and I helped her go to the police."

Shear says that when she first started riding the No. 2 line, she did not even know that it was sometimes sex-segregated. She also says that sitting in the front is simply more comfortable. "I'm a 50-year-old woman and I don't like to sit in the back. I'm dressed appropriately and I was on a public bus."

"It is very dangerous for a group of people to take control over a public entity and enforce their will without going through due process," she said. "Even if they [Haredim who want a segregated bus] are a majority - and I don't think they are - they have options available. They can petition Egged or hire their own private line. But as long as it's a public bus, I don't care if there are 500 people telling me where to sit. I can sit wherever I want and so can anyone else."

Meyer says that throughout the incident, the other passengers blamed Shear for not sitting in the back. "They'll probably claim that she attacked them first, but that's totally untrue. She was abused terribly, and I've never seen anything like it."

Word of Shear's story traveled quickly after she forwarded an e-mail detailing her experience. She has been contacted by a number of groups, including Shatil, the New Israel Fund's Empowerment and Training Center for Social Change; Kolech, a religious women's forum; the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC), the legal advocacy arm of the local Reform movement; and the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA).

In the coming month, IRAC will be submitting a petition to the High Court of Justice against the Transportation Ministry over the issue of segregated Egged buses. IRAC attorney Orly Erez-Likhovski is in touch with Shear and is considering including her in the petition.

Although the No. 2 Jerusalem bus where the incident occurred is not actually defined as a mehadrin line, Erez-Likhovski says that Shear's story is further proof that the issue requires legal clarification. About 30 Egged buses are designated as mehadrin, mostly on inter-city lines, but they are not marked to indicate this. "There's no way to identify a mehadrin bus, which in itself is a problem," she said.

"Theoretically, a person can sit wherever they want, even on a mehadrin line, but we're seeing that people are enforcing [the gender segregation] even on non-mehadrin lines and that's the part of the danger," she said.

On a mehadrin bus, women enter and exit through the rear door, and the seats from the rear door back are generally considered the "women's section." A child is usually sent forward to pay the driver.

The official responses

In a response from Egged, the bus driver denied that Shear was physically attacked in any way.

"In a thorough inquiry that we conducted, we found that the bus driver does not confirm that any violence was used against the complainant," Egged spokesman Ron Ratner wrote.

"According to the driver, once he saw that there was a crowd gathering around her, he stopped the bus and went to check what was going on. He clarified to the passengers that the bus was not a mehadrin line and that all passengers on the line are permitted to sit wherever they want on the bus. After making sure that the passengers returned to their seats, he continued driving."

The Egged response also noted that their drivers "are not able and are not authorized to supervise the behavior of the passengers in all situations."

Ministry of Transportation spokesperson Avner Ovadia said in response that the mehadrin lines are "the result of agreements reached between Egged and Haredi bodies" and are therefore unconnected to the ministry.

A spokesperson for the Jerusalem police said the case is still under investigation.
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  1.   Harassment of Women of Public Buses 10:56  |  Chaim 17/12/06
  2.   #2 misconception 11:33  |  J Lee 17/12/06
  3.   woman beaten 11:48  |  gg 17/12/06
  4.   what a disgrace. please just cut them off already... 11:52  |  yonatan 17/12/06
  5.   Harassment 12:00  |  Jim 17/12/06
  6.   Animals 12:04  |  Fussion 17/12/06
  7.   Weird that this womed describes herself as religious 12:05  |  D Hirod 17/12/06
  8.   welcome to Talmudistan 12:27  |  Avi 17/12/06
  9.   She lives in Canada 12:44  |  Armand 17/12/06
  10.   ...stop subsides 12:45  |  ariel 17/12/06
  11.   Kol HaKavod, Ms. Shear! 12:50  |  Avi Ben Tzvi 17/12/06
  12.   Many other victims 13:05  |  *** 17/12/06
  13.   Somethings don`t make sense 13:08  |  Jake 17/12/06
  14.   Israeli heroics (again) 13:16  |  Dani Reiss 17/12/06
  15.   Jerusalem-Safed line 13:25  |  Dani Reiss 17/12/06
  16.   Where is that modern country? 13:37  |  Leandro 17/12/06
  17.   Israel a western democracy??????? 13:44  |  Elsie Koch 17/12/06
  18.   Bus driver 13:52  |  Ondra 17/12/06
  19.   Charedi Crazies 13:54  |  *** 17/12/06
  20.   Apartheid 13:55  |  David Kopel 17/12/06
  21.   wake up and smell the roses 13:58  |  rich 17/12/06
  22.   D Hirod 14:05  |  rafiq 17/12/06
  23.   ERETZ TALIBAN 14:11  |  elj 17/12/06
  24.   Woman beaten on Jerusalem Bus 14:23  |  marlene 17/12/06
  25.   BLACK EYE FOR ISRAEL 14:24  |  TBARTMAN 17/12/06
  26.   bravo 14:32  |  Lee 17/12/06
  27.   Unlawful attack on woman passenger 14:44  |  Religious woman 17/12/06
  28.   Hirod smells fishy? 14:59  |  Harold 17/12/06
  29.   #7 D Hirod - Wierd that you say you can define what Judaism is 15:02  |  Reuben Jacobs 17/12/06
  30.   haredi violence will get worse over the decades 15:03  |  topanga 17/12/06
  31.   Back of the bus? 15:04  |  Natallie Durson 17/12/06
  32.   Rosa Parks - A modest proposal 15:09  |  George Silver 17/12/06
  33.   that`s religion for you 15:13  |  dana 17/12/06
  34.   What I dont understand 15:17  |  Liz 17/12/06
  35.   imposing will by intimidation 15:20  |  Ronit 17/12/06
  36.   haredi vs amish 15:26  |  dana 17/12/06
  37.   Mace Time in Jerusalem 15:46  |  Rachel 17/12/06
  38.   To - Rosa Perks 15:47  |  M H 17/12/06
  39.   harassment of women 15:51  |  ruth zagiel 17/12/06
  40.   Jewish Rosa Parks 15:52  |  Charles 17/12/06
  41.   Bunch of hypocrites 16:07  |  Solly 17/12/06
  42.   And you criticise how women are treated in Muslim countries? 16:25  |  Sonya 17/12/06
  43.   The true face of the Orthadox 16:33  |  SJ 17/12/06
  44.   Rosa Parks? 16:48  |  Avi Yerushalmi 17/12/06
  45.   Look at what they did to your Messiah. Psalm 22 16:51  |  David R 17/12/06
  46.   The true face of Haredim 16:55  |  Shiloh 17/12/06
  47.   Annis horribilis for Charedim 17:03  |  Ben Azai 17/12/06
  48.   Charedi menschlichkeit 17:17  |  Yekkischer Charedi 17/12/06
  49.   When will the chillul Hashem stop? 17:23  |  Joe 17/12/06
  50.   Two Ways to Look at This 17:31  |  dan 17/12/06
  51.   Bus Harasments 17:35  |  B.T.A. 17/12/06
  52.   A democratic Revolution the Rabbis won`t buy 17:46  |  Kate 17/12/06
  53.   Is she really religious? 17:59  |  Binyamin Dissen 17/12/06
  54.   Ultra-orthodox 18:07  |  Moshe 17/12/06
  55.   i agree with # 7 18:11  |  jack 17/12/06
  56.   more civil rights please! 18:36  |  Jeff 17/12/06
  57.   Jewish Ayatollahs 18:38  |  Nathaniel 17/12/06
  58.   To Benjamin Dissen #53 18:53  |  Avrum 17/12/06
  59.   Woman Beaten on public bus 18:58  |  R.W. Shapera 17/12/06
  60.   Israel Not Much Different from Arab Nations 19:16  |  Wiseone 17/12/06
  61.   #42 Treatment of women 19:23  |  * BEN JABO 17/12/06
  62.   we are all to blame 19:58  |  Adam 17/12/06
  63.   Woman Beaten 20:02  |  Shmuelshachor 17/12/06
  64.   A true Bas Yisroel 20:28  |  Binyamin Dissen 17/12/06
  65.   She is full of it!!! 20:32  |  Ike 17/12/06
  66.   Benjamin Dissen again #64 21:05  |  Avrum 17/12/06
  67.   Woman beaten -what a shandah! 21:10  |  Kotel Lady 17/12/06
  68.   re to #21 rich in London 21:46  |  Jim 17/12/06
  69.   Ike is religious? 21:50  |  Yehoshua 17/12/06
  70.   you know now why 22:10  |  yahn goodey 17/12/06
  71.   #2 Never used to be segregated 22:11  |  Abe 17/12/06
  72.   To Ike (65) in Jerusalem. 22:11  |  Milton A.Franks 17/12/06
  73.   A Modest Proposal 22:18  |  Wendy 17/12/06
  74.   Jim, Murfreesboro 22:55  |  rich 17/12/06
  75.   Sonya 22:57  |  rich 17/12/06
  76.   TBartman 22:59  |  rich 17/12/06
  77.   Second thoughts 23:00  |  Wendy 17/12/06
  78.   # 50 Dan from nyc 23:04  |  Jim 17/12/06
  79.   #7 D Hirod 23:13  |  Jim 17/12/06
  80.   harassment of women by stupid people 23:14  |  Golan 17/12/06
  81.   # 56 23:19  |  Jim 17/12/06
  82.   #57 Nathaniel 23:27  |  Jim 17/12/06
  83.   time FOR A CHANGE this inot the 17th century 23:30  |  paul harris 17/12/06
  84.   #65 23:38  |  Jim 17/12/06
  85.   Be thankful that they`re not 00:03  |  * BEN JABO 18/12/06
  86.   ATTACK ON WOMAN 00:05  |  H.BALLHORN 18/12/06
  87.   Mehadrin Buses 00:19  |  Avi Yerushalmi 18/12/06
  88.   See why Israel cannot be a member of the EU? 00:38  |  Axel 18/12/06
  89.   women and ultra-orthodox 01:10  |  adam 18/12/06
  90.   Something is wrong here 02:16  |  .. 18/12/06
  91.   #88 EU MEMBER STATES 02:19  |  * BEN JABO 18/12/06
  92.   #88 EU MEMBER STATES 02:19  |  * BEN JABO 18/12/06
  93.   Mr. Dissen - Why more Jews aren`t religious 05:26  |  Yair ben Avraham 18/12/06
  94.   Tzfat - Bnei Brak - Ashdod 06:29  |  ML Bentovim 18/12/06
  95.   EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT ( #67) 06:40  |  Wendy 18/12/06
  96.   take it wit a grain of salt 07:49  |  mo 18/12/06
  97.   Arrest and jail those fanatics and throw away the key! 07:49  |  Yaakov K. 18/12/06
  98.   What comes around goes around 08:13  |  Justdeserts 18/12/06
  99.   weird set of beliefs 08:54  |  lola 18/12/06
  100.   To #67 08:56  |  auapplemac 18/12/06
  101.   Has anyone thought of beating the Haredi men 09:45  |  Yusuf Abu Ghosh 18/12/06
  102.   Does she have wounds? Bruises? 09:49  |  Efox 18/12/06
  103.   re: Justdeserts 09:56  |  Efox 18/12/06
  104.   woman beaten on a jerusalem bus 10:15  |  myra cohen 18/12/06
  105.   one of your rare charedi readers replies 10:22  |  Ben Azai 18/12/06
  106.   answer to #100`s question 10:39  |  Wendy 18/12/06
  107.   Blessed be G-d who has not made me a woman 10:42  |  meir Gush Etzion 18/12/06
  108.   Ultra Orthodox are corrupting Judaism 10:54  |  deborah 18/12/06
  109.   If this were typical it wouldn`t make the news 11:04  |  Joseph 18/12/06
  110.   Abuse of Women on Jerusalem Buses 11:08  |  Shlomit Grantz 18/12/06
  111.   Hareidi Divide 11:20  |  David 18/12/06
  112.   #8 - Educate Yourself 11:22  |  David 18/12/06
  113.   Lashon ha`ra - a haredi syndrome 11:43  |  Honi 18/12/06
  114.   charidim 12:07  |  charles 18/12/06
  115.   Rosa Parks? Part 2 12:34  |  Avi Yerushalmi 18/12/06
  116.   A Fine Line 13:22  |  SPR 18/12/06
  117.   Lets try 15:26  |  Wendy 18/12/06
  118.   Haredi vs Amish 16:52  |  Nancy 18/12/06
  119.   Sherlock Holmes 19:03  |  Ben Azai 18/12/06
  120.   Woman beaten on Jerusalem bus 19:34  |  A Jew From Chicago 18/12/06
  121.   Dear David 20:17  |  Reb Bahir 18/12/06
  122.   Dear Benyamin 20:22  |  Reb Bahir 18/12/06
  123.   Reb Bahir - True piety 21:09  |  Yair ben Avraham 18/12/06
  124.   The U.S. survived Clinton`s sexual escapades 23:41  |  * BEN JABO 18/12/06
  125.   woman beaten on the bus 06:16  |  Neil Fiertel 19/12/06
  126.   #118 re:Haredi & Amish the difference is 07:03  |  * BEN JABO 19/12/06
  127.   The Real Corruption Of The Ultras 08:52  |  Rowan Berkeley 19/12/06
  128.   Lashon Hara and false evidence 11:02  |  Joe 19/12/06
  129.   woman beaten on bus 13:50  |  mark 19/12/06
  130.   All Monty Python 14:36  |  Bjørn H Johansen 19/12/06
  131.   #129 - Man`s prayer 17:05  |  * BEN JABO 19/12/06
  132.   #129 17:40  |  Yair ben Avraham 19/12/06
  133.   Crazy Fundamentalist Countries... 17:54  |  some guy 19/12/06
  134.   #132 18:16  |  * BEN JABO 19/12/06
  135.   Woman on Bus 18:28  |  w 19/12/06
  136.   How it starts 19:20  |  Jim Powell 19/12/06
  137.   Woman beaten on bus 19:29  |  Kevin 19/12/06
  138.   Woman beaten on Jerusalem bus for refusing to move to rear seat 19:31  |  Shawne 19/12/06
  139.   are you kidding me? 19:41  |  john 19/12/06
  140.   Once the facts are in, let the justice system work. 19:42  |  Noam Sternoszki 19/12/06
  141.   Gee and I thought that this only happened 19:44  |  Patrick 19/12/06
  142.   Losing Faith 19:44  |  ToTeach 19/12/06
  143.   Attack on bus 19:46  |  Don Jeezel 19/12/06
  144.   Gender sitting 19:46  |  Chava 19/12/06
  145.   Beating 50yr old women 19:47  |  Jason 19/12/06
  146.   Intolerance 19:47  |  Jack 19/12/06
  147.   Action Required 19:48  |  Erich 19/12/06
  148.   shondeh 19:49  |  melech 19/12/06
  149.   The Fifth Jew`s View 19:53  |  Joel in Albany 19/12/06
  150.   Woman Beaten On Bus 19:53  |  Dennis Nowicki 19/12/06
  151.   tourists should boycott 19:54  |  Misha 19/12/06
  152.   Stop all tourism 19:55  |  Ben 19/12/06
  153.   Cowards 19:56  |  David 19/12/06
  154.   SHOCKED - NOT! 19:57  |  Bill 19/12/06
  155.   Male Ego Gone Wild 20:08  |  Renali 19/12/06
  156.   Haredi Mobsters (Kosher Nostra) 20:13  |  Norm 19/12/06
  157.   Israel can burn for all I care 20:14  |  Billy Badass 19/12/06
  158.   woman spat on on bus 20:15  |  carol 19/12/06
  159.   When in Rome... 20:18  |  c 19/12/06
  160.   Clinton is right 20:20  |  Eric 19/12/06
  161.   Religion and Women`s rights don`t mix 20:20  |  Michelle Tyler 19/12/06
  162.   dishonorable 20:26  |  Alan 19/12/06
  163.   Double-Standard in the news 20:29  |  Silence Dogood 19/12/06
  164.   pathetic 20:39  |  Geoff J 19/12/06
  165.   Religion doesn`t even come into this 20:43  |  Brandon F. 19/12/06
  166.   the taliban? 20:49  |  shimon 19/12/06
  167.   JEWISH TEXAN 20:50  |  RAPHAEL 19/12/06
  168.   they`re both to blame 20:51  |  DJ 19/12/06
  169.   Bus assult 20:52  |  Paul C Pottash 19/12/06
  170.   Why is America Supporting These People? 20:53  |  Thom Belesky 19/12/06
  171.   such a backwards way of life 20:55  |  mugsy 19/12/06
  172.   woman beaten on bus 20:55  |  dara 19/12/06
  173.   These ultra-orthodox Jews must be put back into their place 20:57  |  Don Saar 19/12/06
  174.   Fundamentalist Religious States 20:58  |  Oldfart 19/12/06
  175.   beaten 20:59  |  ab 19/12/06
  176.   Does it Matter 21:01  |  Kevin 19/12/06
  177.   Miriam`s made it . . . 21:03  |  Stuart 19/12/06
  178.   Hmmmmm 21:03  |  kf 19/12/06
  179.   #144 21:04  |  no 19/12/06
  180.   woman beaten 21:09  |  Earl Hartzell 19/12/06
  181.   Woman Beaten - Very Bad Karma 21:11  |  Alyah 19/12/06
  182.   Woman beaten on Jerusalem bus 21:11  |  Chris 19/12/06
  183.   /Woman Beaten on Jerusalem Bus 21:12  |  Al 19/12/06
  184.   Jewish facists? 21:16  |  sean s 19/12/06
  185.   Disgraceful act 21:19  |  MDC 19/12/06
  186.   Yeap, to no. 8 - talmudist - sad lot! 21:22  |  Ami 19/12/06
  187.   #135 W - No women beaters in IN? 21:23  |  * BEN JABO 19/12/06
  188.   weak males 21:25  |  abby 19/12/06
  189.   My 2 cents worth 21:25  |  Scott Smith 19/12/06
  190.   Americans stop sending $$$$$$$$ 21:26  |  Deborah 19/12/06
  191.   come on... 21:27  |  Erich 19/12/06
  192.   Sounds like a trouble-maker to me 21:27  |  John 19/12/06
  193.   Where is Rosa Parks when you need her? 21:33  |  Ned 19/12/06
  194.   the result 21:38  |  D`vora 19/12/06
  195.   The loons of religion fly low 21:39  |  Tom 19/12/06
  196.   Jews, Christians, Islamists all the same: Violent 21:39  |  J. Christ 19/12/06
  197.   50 yr old woman beaten 21:39  |  Tom Austin 19/12/06
  198.   Let er rip 21:47  |  Suzie 19/12/06
  199.   woman abused 21:49  |  kat 19/12/06
  200.   They can`t touch her, but they can beat her? 21:49  |  Tuvia 19/12/06
  201.   Woman-abusing cowards 21:58  |  Drew 19/12/06
  202.   #187 22:00  |  Oldfart 19/12/06
  203.   Israel`s business 22:02  |  Steve 19/12/06
  204.   Women beaten on bus. 22:06  |  Ramon Gonzalez-Molin 19/12/06
  205.   Miriam Shear gets a smackdown. 22:06  |  Scoop 19/12/06
  206.   Sounds like a trouble-maker to me? 22:09  |  Rick 19/12/06
  207.   woman on bus 22:13  |  gene collins 19/12/06
  208.   #196 -The Mote in Your Eye 22:15  |  Alan 19/12/06
  209.   Woman Beaten on Jerusalem Bush 22:16  |  Karen 19/12/06
  210.   Israel 22:17  |  dirty 19/12/06
  211.   Woman beaten on Jerulsalem bus 22:18  |  Sharon McConville 19/12/06
  212.   New law - Women at the front 22:22  |  greg 19/12/06
  213.   Pathetic 22:23  |  J Webb 19/12/06
  214.   Israel has its "Rosa Parkschwitz" 22:24  |  Saul Rosenberg 19/12/06
  215.   Haredim to Gaza 22:27  |  Ted Bell 19/12/06
  216.   Woa Deborah # 190! 22:36  |  Gil J. Yashar 19/12/06
  217.   Attack of woman on bus... 22:41  |  Mike 19/12/06
  218.   "modesty patrol" 22:45  |  Tony 19/12/06
  219.   Fake Outrage over beaten woman 22:46  |  * BEN JABO 19/12/06
  220.   Toirah Kadmoh Li`Derech Eretz 22:48  |  Gil J. Yashar 19/12/06
  221.   Woman beaten on Jerusalem bus 22:48  |  Charles Masters 19/12/06
  222.   People are people 22:55  |  Jay 19/12/06
  223.   Abu Ghosh # 101 22:59  |  Gil J. Yashar 19/12/06
  224.   History closes in 23:04  |  Stewart deats 19/12/06
  225.   If this can happen in Israel... 23:06  |  Gerard 19/12/06
  226.   Back of the bus?! 23:15  |  Richard Hicks 19/12/06
  227.   put them in jail 23:20  |  leibel 19/12/06
  228.   Woman Beaten 23:30  |  Sue 19/12/06
  229.   Woman beaten on Jerusalem bus 23:32  |  Jim 19/12/06
  230.   Cowardly Jews 23:34  |  Rocco 19/12/06
  231.   Outrage #225-226-227-228-229 23:47  |  * BEN JABO 19/12/06
  232.   Woman Beaten By MEN 23:48  |  CJ KINGSLEY 19/12/06
  233.   Equality 23:50  |  Chuck Sherwin 19/12/06
  234.   #8 Avi - T.A. 00:00  |  * BEN JABO 20/12/06
  235.   I`ll tell you whats fishy! 00:02  |  Alan 20/12/06
  236.   #232 - There was only one witness 00:03  |  * BEN JABO 20/12/06
  237.   #233 - Equality - If Beatting actually took place 00:06  |  * BEN JABO 20/12/06
  238.   Shady Lady 00:07  |  Asher Yatzar 20/12/06
  239.   Arrogance 00:07  |  chaim 20/12/06
  240.   woman beaten on bus 00:08  |  richard 20/12/06
  241.   woman beaten on a bus in Jerusalem 00:19  |  Evilredhead 20/12/06
  242.   harrasment 00:24  |  d S 20/12/06
  243.   MEN NEED US - NOT VICE VERSA 00:26  |  Regina 20/12/06
  244.   manners 00:28  |  mark 20/12/06
  245.   Israeli values 00:35  |  Paul Jones 20/12/06
  246.   Obviously many of you havent read the entire article.. 00:45  |  Adam 20/12/06
  247.   Taliban & Haredi 00:47  |  Dufus 20/12/06
  248.   If Palestinians don`t get you, haredim will 00:53  |  Alikospah 20/12/06
  249.   Harassment 00:56  |  George 20/12/06
  250.   D Hirod and similiar comments 01:00  |  Joshua 20/12/06
  251.   Judaism and Islam 01:01  |  Rich Good 20/12/06
  252.   Yeshua 01:01  |  Devin Quinn 20/12/06
  253.   Jewsih woman beanten 01:06  |  wolf 20/12/06
  254.   woman has mental problems 01:06  |  anonymous 20/12/06
  255.   I thought this was about islam at first 01:06  |  Quinn 20/12/06
  256.   Bus Segragation 01:13  |  Richard D Kolyer 20/12/06
  257.   Haredi vs Amish 01:16  |  Ron Lojewski 20/12/06
  258.   Israeli values-American ignorant 01:23  |  Uri 20/12/06
  259.   battery, abuse 01:40  |  Jate 20/12/06
  260.   D Hirod - viper? 01:42  |  bubbagyro 20/12/06
  261.   The day is coming. 01:43  |  George Bush 20/12/06
  262.   I Guess I Can Become Reform Now 01:45  |  Frum Yid 20/12/06
  263.   For I moment I thought... 01:46  |  Brian 20/12/06
  264.   Re; response 254 01:46  |  Jate 20/12/06
  265.   DON`T TRAVEL A-BROAD (get it, a broad) 01:48  |  shane 20/12/06
  266.   Woman beaten on Jerusalem bus 01:57  |  Phil 20/12/06
  267.   Woman beaten on Jerusalem bus for refusing to move to rear seat 02:00  |  David Ziegenbusch 20/12/06
  268.   When in Rome... 02:03  |  Constance 20/12/06
  269.   What should I expect on a trip to Israel? 02:05  |  Fred Clark 20/12/06
  270.   blame the victim 02:08  |  alex parish 20/12/06
  271.   Ashamed to be Jewish 02:08  |  Daniel 20/12/06
  272.   Woman being beaten 02:10  |  Alexandra 20/12/06
  273.   She could have avoided fight 02:12  |  moeshe kaporis 20/12/06
  274.   Think about it... 02:23  |  Brad 20/12/06
  275.   woman beaten on bus 02:26  |  Daniel 20/12/06
  276.   Woman Beat on Bus 02:33  |  GKA 20/12/06
  277.   backbone 02:37  |  skore 20/12/06
  278.   Fallout 02:38  |  Chuck Sherwin 20/12/06
  279.   JEWS BEAT-UP A WOMAN ON A BUS 02:39  |  David Corey 20/12/06
  280.   Wake up you idiots! 02:53  |  JohnMap 20/12/06
  281.   #268 - Constance - dont travel to any Muslim country 03:04  |  * BEN JABO 20/12/06
  282.   I don`t see why all the writers aren`t 03:12  |  * BEN JABO 20/12/06
  283.   Woman beaten on Jerusalem bus for refusing to move to rear seat 03:12  |  chuck 20/12/06
  284.   HEADLINE 03:14  |  jim 20/12/06
  285.   This woman is obviously an antisemite 03:20  |  S Thomas 20/12/06
  286.   Let them Try :) 03:25  |  James Speed 20/12/06
  287.   A Shocked Charedi Responds 03:27  |  ProudToBeCharedi 20/12/06
  288.   Religious Extremism 03:35  |  GThomas 20/12/06
  289.   woman on the bus 03:35  |  dan 20/12/06
  290.   What did you expect? 03:40  |  ted 20/12/06
  291.   BEN JABO - The rest of the world... 03:42  |  JJRawly 20/12/06
  292.   Beaten by religious niggers 03:43  |  wick 20/12/06
  293.   #273 moeshe 03:45  |  ted 20/12/06
  294.   Why? 03:53  |  John Agazim 20/12/06
  295.   women 2nd class citizens again 03:54  |  Josh Cohen 20/12/06
  296.   Daphna why a hole in the sheet? 04:01  |  Pete Gabriel 20/12/06
  297.   Woman beaten on Jerusalem Bus 04:07  |  Clyde Rosen 20/12/06
  298.   Haredim or Taliban? 04:12  |  Gus Sanchez 20/12/06
  299.   not deserving of us protectionism 04:17  |  Paul 20/12/06
  300.   The bus got egged!!! 04:20  |  Congo Lisa Rice 20/12/06
  301.   Israel is a Democracy? 04:28  |  Debbie 20/12/06
  302.   unnacceptable 04:29  |  nameless 20/12/06
  303.   beating on bus 04:34  |  joe hudson 20/12/06
  304.   Bus incident 04:35  |  nancy russo 20/12/06
  305.   Woman Beaten 04:40  |  Ira Shlomo O`Reilly 20/12/06
  306.   Stupid American? 04:48  |  Ed 20/12/06
  307.   Beaten on a bus? 04:49  |  David 20/12/06
  308.   WOMAN BEATEN 05:02  |  TOM STRATFORD 20/12/06
  309.   INFLAMATORY HYPOCRISY 05:08  |  * BEN JABO 20/12/06
  310.   Bus Beating Cowards... 05:18  |  Jack Frost 20/12/06
  311.   Let Israel Nuke it out With Peace-Loving Muslims 05:23  |  Ed Zander 20/12/06
  312.   women Beaten on Bus 05:24  |  John Brown 20/12/06
  313.   Re 305 05:31  |  Jate 20/12/06
  314.   Tough guys 05:35  |  me 20/12/06
  315.   Sounds like Islam 05:37  |  Gothar 20/12/06
  316.   Women (daughter, mother, sister) beaten 05:43  |  tbl 20/12/06
  317.   cave men want to rule the world 05:45  |  Sylvie 20/12/06
  318.   Jewish Pigs! 05:46  |  Mike 20/12/06
  319.   women not being frum? 05:47  |  **** 20/12/06
  320.   Religion is the problem 06:08  |  Allan Rogers 20/12/06
  321.   Why does this exist? 06:19  |  Rich Becker 20/12/06
  322.   Jerusalem bus beating 06:21  |  Jack Pine Bob 20/12/06
  323.   Its the tolerance of intolerance morons 06:22  |  sean s 20/12/06
  324.   SHAME 06:28  |  ekk 20/12/06
  325.   He provoked her by spitting in her face 06:31  |  David 20/12/06
  326.   misogyny in Israel 07:01  |  Sophie 20/12/06
  327.   Absolutely Disgusting 07:13  |  Kelly 20/12/06
  328.   freeloading under the guise of religion 07:18  |  lou 20/12/06
  329.   those who justify this are a disgrace 07:27  |  alan 20/12/06
  330.   what`s up with the JEWS talk? These were Haradi, .001%!! 07:32  |  diamond 20/12/06
  331.   #318 blanket condemnation of Jews 07:43  |  Alan 20/12/06
  332.   Very difficult to believe 07:51  |  G.I American Badass 20/12/06
  333.   Rosa Parks Wanna Be? 07:57  |  TLH 20/12/06
  334.   Where there`s smoke there`s fire 08:00  |  Jonny 20/12/06
  335.   In Israel? 08:02  |  Margaret 20/12/06
  336.   Woman beaten on Jerusalem bus for refusing to move to rear seat 08:03  |  Motaaque 20/12/06
  337.   Woman on bus beaten 08:04  |  Frank Moore 20/12/06
  338.   This is Israel? 08:05  |  Margaret Townsend 20/12/06
  339.   withdrawing support 08:11  |  audrey 20/12/06
  340.   not the first time 08:11  |  D 20/12/06
  341.   Sounds like an intolerant liberal to me 08:16  |  Arxland 20/12/06
  342.   If this is Israel.. 08:17  |  Virginia Lavender 20/12/06
  343.   Apartheid Indeed 08:18  |  Avi Avner 20/12/06
  344.   Woman Beaten - WE WILL LOSE THE LAND AT THIS RATE 08:28  |  Avigayil 20/12/06
  345.   Clearly lathers up the scapegoat/perpetrator 08:39  |  Jate 20/12/06
  346.   Respect 08:40  |  Monica Slone 20/12/06
  347.   It`s not unlike Montgomery, Alabama in the 50`s 08:47  |  Herry Kerry 20/12/06
  348.   Civil rights- NOT a religious issue 09:12  |  Heather 20/12/06
  349.   Wow....who knew. A stunned Israel supporter in America. 09:18  |  Rich Krumm 20/12/06
  350.   ANTI-SEMITISM 09:53  |  Steve 20/12/06
  351.   Woman beaten on Jerusalem bus for refusing to move to rear seat 10:26  |  Yamato Bill 20/12/06
  352.   ...I have one name for you...Rosa Parks... 10:28  |  Rob Madsen 20/12/06
  353.   Woman beaten on Jerusalem 10:33  |  Olden Atwoody 20/12/06
  354.   #273 and #333: Er, where do I begin??? 10:43  |  Jeff 20/12/06