My Word: Not-so-easy riders

[vminfla]

ONE OF THE most curious stories last week was the “peace bus,” in which six Palestinian activists tried to revive memories of the American “freedom riders” of the 1960s’ civil rights movement (aided, of course, by those indispensable accessories of the world in 2011: live footage on YouTube and Facebook petitions.) I’m sure some goodhearted (even bleeding-hearted) souls were taken for a ride with the latest protest. The six demonstrators were followed by a crowd of some 50 journalists, so that even if they had a bad trip, they can say they achieved their publicity-seeking goals.

Shouting unimaginative slogans about apartheid, the protesters pointed out that they cannot travel freely from Ramallah to Jerusalem without the correct permits, or an Israeli-identity card.

Jews, of course – no matter what papers they are carrying – cannot travel on a Palestinian-owned bus to Nablus, or Shechem as it’s been known in Hebrew ever since the Bible put it on the map.

That, apparently, is not considered discrimination.

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=246179

[ProgressiveProfessor]

1. How dare you use such a balanced approached

Its almost "pink washing"

[vminfla]

2. Never heard the term before

I actually never heard the term pinkwashing before. I have learned quite a bit on this forum from some of the posters.