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West Bank Bus Segregation Plan Nixed

© AP Photo / Gali TibbonIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office, Sunday, March 8, 2015. Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered Saturday night at a Tel Aviv square under the banner "Israel wants change" and called for Netanyahu to be replaced in March 17 national elections.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office, Sunday, March 8, 2015. Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered Saturday night at a Tel Aviv square under the banner Israel wants change and called for Netanyahu to be replaced in March 17 national elections. - Sputnik International
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu overruled on Wednesday a defense ministry proposal to ban Palestinians from riding the same buses as Jewish settlers.

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"The proposal is unacceptable to the prime minister. He spoke with the defense minister this morning and it was decided that the proposal will be frozen," an official in Netanyahu's office said.

Israel's defense ministry had earlier introduced a new policy that would have effectively banned Palestinians from traveling on the same buses as Israelis.

The three-month trial scheme also required Palestinians, who commute to Israel to work, to enter and exit West Bank through the same point.

Hundreds of Palestinians travel each day to work in Israel from the occupied West Bank, mainly in the construction business, using travel permits each time they cross.

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