Arab bus driver beaten unconscious in Beit Shemesh after refusing to stop between stations
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- Bus driver Khaled Asiwat was beaten unconscious in Beit Shemesh after refusing to stop between stations.
- The incident came amid what the report described as a wave of attacks by racist youths against Arab bus drivers.
- The drivers’ union called for stronger protection, while police investigated and had made no arrests.
Khaled Asiwat, an Arab bus driver, was beaten unconscious in Beit Shemesh after refusing to stop between stations.
The attack was described as the latest assault on an Arab bus driver in a wave of attacks by racist youths. The drivers’ union called for greater protection for bus drivers.
Police were investigating the incident, but no arrests had been made.
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