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Both pieces note the death of Yosef Eisenthal not only as a personal tragedy but as evidence of systemic discrimination against Haredim—socially, civically, and legally. Together, they express deep mistrust toward state institutions and the justice system, arguing that Haredi citizens are marginalized and denied equal protection and consideration.
Both pieces note the death of Yosef Eisenthal not only as a personal tragedy but as evidence of systemic discrimination against Haredim—socially, civically, and legally. Together, they express deep mistrust toward state institutions and the justice system, arguing that Haredi citizens are marginalized and denied equal protection and consideration.
===Broader issue with Arab drivers===
The tragedy has served to highlight the problematic situation in which hundreds of thousands of Israelis using public transport are at the mercy of Arab drivers. Many of these drivers have little sympathy and even some antipathy for their Jewish passengers, and numerous altercations have been reported when passengers made requests from the drivers, such as to decrease volume of music or to wait longer for passengers to alight or ascend.
A day later, on Jan 7, an incident in Modi’in Illit involved a 14-year-old charedi yeshiva student who says he was chased and assaulted by an Arab bus driver after getting off a bus.
According to the boy, the driver pursued him, beat him, twisted his arm, and broke it while allegedly shouting threats. The incident occurred around 3:45 PM.
The boy was evacuated for medical treatment and plans to file a police complaint with assistance from Honenu organization attorney Chaim Bleicher.
The report follows a separate, earlier incident in which a 14-year-old charedi student was killed after being run over by an Arab bus driver; intent in that case is pending legal determination.
Honenu's attorney Bleicher characterized the assault as part of a broader pattern of antisemitic and nationalistic violence by some Arab bus drivers against religious Jewish passengers.
He called for immediate arrest of the driver involved and urged authorities, including security services, to treat such incidents as serious public safety threats requiring systemic action.<ref>
{{Cite news
|title=Arab Bus Driver Chases After 14-Yr-Old Yeshiva Student, Breaks His Arm.
|url=https://vinnews.com/2026/01/08/arab-bus-driver-chases-after-14-yr-old-yeshiva-student-breaks-his-arm/
|publisher=VINN
|date=January 8, 2025}}
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