Fri May 4, 2018, 05:41 AM

Israeli diplomat in US booted from Uber for speaking Hebrew

An Israeli diplomat in Chicago said he was thrown out of an Uber on Thursday night when the driver heard him speaking Hebrew.

Itay Milner, Israel’s deputy consul general in Chicago, posted on Facebook that it was one of the worst experiences of his life.

“I was just thrown out of an Uber in the middle of the highway only because I answered my phone in my mother tongue,” he posted.

He wrote that the driver also swore at him as he forced him out.

“10 minutes into my ride and with no prior interaction between the driver and myself, it took only two words in Hebrew to get my driver [to] start yelling at me ‘get the $#@* out of my car,'” Milner wrote. “When I asked him if it’s because I’m speaking Hebrew he said yes and kept yelling at me to get out.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-diplomat-in-us-booted-from-uber-for-speaking-hebrew/

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Israeli diplomat in US booted from Uber for speaking Hebrew (Original post)	grossproffit	May 2018	OP
But...but..but..He's an Israeli, so that makes it OK.	Behind the Aegis	May 2018	#1
The driver might have assumed it was actually Arabic. Both are Semitic languages.	Nitram	May 2018	#2
the drivers name is Yuva	Mosby	May 2018	#3
True.	Nitram	May 2018	#4
Might have.	MosheFeingold	May 2018	#5
Sounds like you know more than all of us, Moshe.	Nitram	May 2018	#6

Response to grossproffit (Original post)

Fri May 4, 2018, 05:50 AM

Behind the Aegis (49,702 posts)

1. But...but..but..He's an Israeli, so that makes it OK.

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Response to grossproffit (Original post)

Fri May 4, 2018, 09:43 AM

Nitram (18,119 posts)

2. The driver might have assumed it was actually Arabic. Both are Semitic languages.

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Response to Nitram (Reply #2)

Fri May 4, 2018, 09:52 AM

Mosby (13,370 posts)

3. the drivers name is Yuva

Probably Indian, Hindu.

There is also a town in Turkey named Yuva.

Regardless, the guy is a bigot.

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Response to Mosby (Reply #3)

Fri May 4, 2018, 09:59 AM

Nitram (18,119 posts)

4. True.

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Response to Nitram (Reply #2)

Fri May 4, 2018, 03:11 PM

MosheFeingold (3,051 posts)

5. Might have.

And I might be an alien from Kandor.

People from Islamic countries are heavy into the uber/cab business and can identify Hebrew.

No need to contort ourselves to avoid the obvious.

Israeli diplomat in US booted from Uber for speaking Hebrew

1. But...but..but..He's an Israeli, so that makes it OK.

2. The driver might have assumed it was actually Arabic. Both are Semitic languages.

3. the drivers name is Yuva

4. True.

5. Might have.

6. Sounds like you know more than all of us, Moshe.