In a somewhat unbelievable move, CityPass, the operator of the Jerusalem light rail, is going to distribute expensive bicycles to Arab children in Shuafat, the very same area where the light rail is attacked by rock-throwers on a frequent basis.
0404 News reports that the distribution of the bicycles is part of a new project in the hostile community. Some 20 bicycles will be given out to children including those who attacked the light rail with rocks. Those who wish may also take part in a free bike-riding course sponsored by CityPass.
The bicycles will be given out ceremoniously on Monday, 25 Adar-II at the train stop in Shuafat, the same location where the train has sustained NIS millions in damage from rock attacks.
0404 quotes one CityPass employee anonymously explaining “They are trying to cool things down. This is absurd. This is not how one deals with terror! It is degrading. We have lost it”.
0404 quotes a CityPass official explaining “The light rail is a part of the fabric representing the diverse makeup of the city and its residents. CityPass and the light rail are working for the betterment of the kehilla and residents of the city. the bike program will hopefully provide an activity for youths during free time and it is only a component of the overall program involving several organizations”.
The program also includes the distribution of games to students, soccer and training and road safety programs.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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7 Responses
“They are trying to cool things down. This is absurd. This is not how one deals with terror! ”
Of course one doesn’t deal with terror by trying to cool things down. The trains should be equipped with stone-detecting submachine guns which automatically switch on in Shuafat.
This we see from Yaackov Ovinu who prepared for war with Eisov without sending any bicycles to him Chas vesholom.
וַיִּקַּח מִן הַבָּא בְיָדוֹ מִנְחָה לְעֵשָׂו אָחִיו: עִזִּים מָאתַיִם וּתְיָשִׁים עֶשְׂרִים רְחֵלִים מָאתַיִם וְאֵילִים עֶשְׂרִים: גְּמַלִּים מֵינִיקוֹת וּבְנֵיהֶם שְׁלֹשִׁים פָּרוֹת אַרְבָּעִים וּפָרִים עֲשָׂרָה אֲתֹנֹת עֶשְׂרִים וַעְיָרִם עֲשָׂרָה:
Why is it so obvious that this won’t have any positive effect on any people. No it probably won’t stop every problem in the Middle east but if one less Yid gets hurt then its a good (if original) idea
The light rail is a fabric blah blah blah? It’s a train. It’s a train that all intelligent people said shouldn’t go through the Arab areas. Now that the left Arab hugger self-haters are proven wrong they are trying to… can’t even figure out what they are trying to do.
Now the Arabs who did not throw rocks previously will do so in an effort to get a free bicycle
Is this the best way to award young terrorists?
“Chaims” the only thing that they are trying to do is reword tho’s whom they love most that is it!
New popular dance music the – “Rock and Roll”
Can you imagine what the operators of the city tram service in say Zurich [substitute any other European city name] would do if hooligans started destroying the trams? My money would not be on their giving out free gifts to the urchins. City Pass is the operator of a poorly run local tram not a social service agency.