Photos: Palestinian-only buses launched in West Bank and Israel
March 4, 2013
Palestinians push their way on board a bus as a new line is made available by Israel to take Palestinian laborers from the Israeli army crossing of Eyal, near the West Bank town of Qalqilya, into Israeli cities on March 4, 2013. The new line service to ferry Palestinian workers from the West Bank to Israel, encouraging them to use it instead of traveling with Israeli settlers on a similar route. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Palestinians laborers ride a Palestinian-only bus on route to the West Bank from working in Tel Aviv area, Israel, Monday, March 4, 2013. Israel's decision to launch a pair of "Palestinian-only" bus lines in the West Bank condemned by critics as racism and hailed by Israel as a goodwill gesture have shined a light on the messy situation created by 45 years of military occupation and Jewish settlements. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
A woman disembarks a Palestinians-only bus before crossing through Israel's Eyal checkpoint as she returns to the West Bank, near Qalqilya March 4, 2013. Israel launched two Palestinians-only bus lines in the occupied West Bank on Monday, a step an Israeli rights group described as racist and which the Transport Ministry called an improvement in service. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Palestinians cross through Israel's Eyal checkpoint as they return to the West Bank, near Qalqilya March 4, 2013. Israel launched two Palestinians-only bus lines in the occupied West Bank on Monday, a step an Israeli rights group described as racist and which the Transport Ministry called an improvement in service. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Palestinians wait to board a bus as a new line is made available by Israel to take Palestinian laborers from the Israeli army crossing of Eyal, near the West Bank town of Qalqilya, into Israeli cities on March 4, 2013. The new line service to ferry Palestinian workers from the West Bank to Israel, encouraging them to use it instead of traveling with Israeli settlers on a similar route. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Palestinians board a bus as a new line is made available by Israel to take Palestinian laborers from the Israeli army crossing of Eyal, near the West Bank town of Qalqilya, into Israeli cities on March 4, 2013. The new line service to ferry Palestinian workers from the West Bank to Israel, encouraging them to use it instead of traveling with Israeli settlers on a similar route. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Palestinians push their way on board a bus as a new line is made available by Israel to take Palestinian laborers from the Israeli army crossing of Eyal, near the West Bank town of Qalqilya, into Israeli cities on March 4, 2013. The new line service to ferry Palestinian workers from the West Bank to Israel, encouraging them to use it instead of traveling with Israeli settlers on a similar route. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Palestinians push their way on board a bus as a new line is made available by Israel to take Palestinian laborers from the Israeli army crossing of Eyal, near the West Bank town of Qalqilya, into Israeli cities on March 4, 2013. The new line service to ferry Palestinian workers from the West Bank to Israel, encouraging them to use it instead of traveling with Israeli settlers on a similar route. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Palestinians warm up by a fire as they wait for a bus as a new line is made available by Israel to take Palestinian laborers from the Israeli army crossing of Eyal, near the West Bank town of Qalqilya, into Israeli cities on March 4, 2013. The new line service to ferry Palestinian workers from the West Bank to Israel, encouraging them to use it instead of traveling with Israeli settlers on a similar route. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Palestinians warm up by a fire as they wait for a bus as a new line is made available by Israel to take Palestinian laborers from the Israeli army crossing of Eyal, near the West Bank town of Qalqilya, into Israeli cities on March 4, 2013. The new line service to ferry Palestinian workers from the West Bank to Israel, encouraging them to use it instead of traveling with Israeli settlers on a similar route. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Palestinians warm up by a fire as they wait for a bus as a new line is made available by Israel to take Palestinian laborers from the Israeli army crossing of Eyal, near the West Bank town of Qalqilya, into Israeli cities on March 4, 2013. The new line service to ferry Palestinian workers from the West Bank to Israel, encouraging them to use it instead of traveling with Israeli settlers on a similar route. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Palestinians wait to board a bus as a new line is made available by Israel to take Palestinian laborers from the Israeli army crossing of Eyal, near the West Bank town of Qalqilya, into Israeli cities on March 4, 2013. The new line service to ferry Palestinian workers from the West Bank to Israel, encouraging them to use it instead of traveling with Israeli settlers on a similar route. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Palestinians wait to board a bus as a new line is made available by Israel to take Palestinian laborers from the Israeli army crossing of Eyal, near the West Bank town of Qalqilya, into Israeli cities on March 4, 2013. The new line service to ferry Palestinian workers from the West Bank to Israel, encouraging them to use it instead of traveling with Israeli settlers on a similar route. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Palestinians on board a bus as a new line is made available by Israel to take Palestinian laborers from the Israeli army crossing of Eyal, near the West Bank town of Qalqilya, into Israeli cities on March 4, 2013. The new line service to ferry Palestinian workers from the West Bank to Israel, encouraging them to use it instead of traveling with Israeli settlers on a similar route. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Palestinians push their way on board a bus as a new line is made available by Israel to take Palestinian laborers from the Israeli army crossing of Eyal, near the West Bank town of Qalqilya, into Israeli cities on March 4, 2013. The new line service to ferry Palestinian workers from the West Bank to Israel, encouraging them to use it instead of traveling with Israeli settlers on a similar route. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
A man gestures as he waits to disembark a Palestinians-only bus before crossing through Israel's Eyal checkpoint as he returns to the West Bank, near Qalqilya on March 4, 2013. Israel launched two Palestinians-only bus lines in the occupied West Bank on Monday, a step an Israeli rights group described as racist and which the Transport Ministry called an improvement in service. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Laborers disembark a Palestinians-only bus before crossing through Israel's Eyal checkpoint as they returns to the West Bank, near Qalqilya March 4, 2013. Israel launched two Palestinians-only bus lines in the occupied West Bank on Monday, a step an Israeli rights group described as racist and which the Transport Ministry called an improvement in service. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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