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Palestinian Activists Launch Freedom Rides in West Bank

HeadlineNov 15, 2011

Palestinian activists in the West Bank have announced plans to board Jewish-only public buses today to protest segregation under Israeli occupation. Dubbed the “Freedom Rides,” the campaign is inspired by the 1961 Freedom Riders who rode interstate buses to challenge the Jim Crow laws of the Deep South.

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