23.01.2012                      28.Tewet. 5772

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Railways CEO says station names need not be announced in Arabic

Shutafut-Sharakah group says in statement that it regrets CEO Boaz Zafrir's stance and is considering taking matter to court.

The CEO of Israel Railways has rejected a call to have station names announced in Arabic as well as Hebrew and English in order to keep train rides as quiet as possible. A Jewish-Arab equal rights group called this position "absurd".
The group Shutafut-Sharakah said in a statement it regretted CEO Boaz Zafrir's stance and was considering taking the matter to court. It said the lack of announcements in Arabic meant Arabs were being discriminated against….