Honenu Attorney Bleicher; Photo credit: Honenu
Thursday, September 19, 2025, 12:04 Four years ago, an Arab bus driver trapped a Jewish minor alone in his bus on a route in Beit Shemesh. The driver filmed the minor and threatened him, forcing himto say, “I love Arabs,” and “I do not love Jews.” The driver was arrested and sentenced to community service. Honenu Attorney Chayim Bleicher filed a civil suit against the driver on behalf of the minor. The Jerusalem Magistrates Court awarded the minor NIS 32,000.
Attorney Bleicher: “Unfortunately, this serious incident was not treated with adequate severity in criminal proceedings. The driver of a public bus holds a public position, and therefore his actions have a significance that those of private vehicle drivers’ do not. Trapping a Jewish minor on a bus was an act of terror, and example of how Arab terrorists constantly look for a way to attack Jews, only for being Jews. On our part, we will use all of the legal means at our disposal to help eradicate antisemitic attacks. This attack was a clear warning indicating the need to verify that the bus drivers responsible for hundreds of citizens every day are neither supporters of terror nor terrorists.”