Bus drivers reportedly boycott transporting Jews to Pro-Israel rally

Nov 15, 2023

Karah Rucker Anchor/Reporter

By Karah Rucker (Anchor/Reporter), Ian Kennedy (Video Editor)

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Hundreds of thousands of people gathered at the pro-Israel rally in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, but not everyone who planned on attending made it to the National Mall. Hundreds of members of the Jewish Federation of Detroit were stuck at the airport after bus drivers who were scheduled to take them to the rally organized “mass sick calls.”

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While roughly 600 of the passengers were able to eventually make their way to the rally, about 300 never made it.

“We have learned from the bus company that this was caused by a deliberate and malicious walk-off of drivers,” the Jewish Federation of Detroit said in a statement. “While we are deeply dismayed by this disgraceful action, our resolve to proudly stand in solidarity with the people of Israel, to condemn antisemitism and to demand the return of every hostage held by Hamas has never been greater.”

Friend shares the video of the official statement that was made to the passengers from Detroit:

"The busses that were hired to take over 900 participants from Dulles International Airport to the site of the March failed to appear, delaying the arrival of many or most in our… https://t.co/GPXgt4wkmd pic.twitter.com/9llhC2TFDB
— AG (@AGHamilton29) November 15, 2023

One of the Jewish Federation’s leaders later told reporters that the bus company said a “significant number” of drivers called out sick when they learned they would be taking hundreds of Jewish Americans to the pro-Israel rally.

“I thought it was nuts, I thought it was crazy that we’re blocked from getting to the rally,” one of the members, Jonathan Kaufman, told The Post.

The Jewish Federation has not publicly named the transportation company.

Tags: Hamas, Israel, Palestine, Protests, Washington DC

THE PRO ISRAEL RALLY IN WASHINGTON D.C. DREW HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. SWARMS OF WHITE AND BLUE IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL AND AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM.

BUT 26 MILES FROM THE CAPITOL – HUNDREDS OF JEWISH PEOPLE WHO PLANNED TO ATTEND THE RALLY WERE STUCK AT THE AIRPORT BECAUSE THEIR TRANSPORTATION FELL THROUGH – IN AN APPARENT REFUSAL OF SERVICE FROM A BUS COMPANY.

THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT FLEW ITS MEMBERS IN CHARTER PLANES TO D.C. FOR THE RALLY. THEY ORGANIZED TRANSPORTATION PRIOR TO THE TRIP – BUT ONCE THEY ARRIVED – THEY WERE TOLD THE BUS DRIVERS BAILED. ORGANIZING “MASS SICK CALLS”.

WHILE ROUGHLY 600 OF THE PASSENGERS WERE ABLE TO EVENTUALLY FIND OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND ATTENDED THE RALLY –

300 OF THEM NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO. PHOTOGRAPHED HERE –

HOLDING A SMALLER RALLY OF THEIR OWN – NOT ALLOWING THE SETBACK TO TAINT THE MEANING BEHIND THEIR TRIP.

THE JEWISH FEDERATION SAID:

“We have learned from the bus company that this was caused by a deliberate and malicious walk-off of drivers. While we are deeply dismayed by this disgraceful action, our resolve to proudly stand in solidarity with the people of Israel, to condemn antisemitism and to demand the return of every hostage held by Hamas has never been greater.”

THE JEWISH FEDERATION SAYS THEY WON’T PUBLICLY OUST THE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY AS THE ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT HAS CREATED ENOUGH DIVISION. SOME OF THE PASSENGERS SAY THE BUS DRIVERS’ WALKOUT WAS AN ACT OF ANTISEMITISM. WHICH THE U.S. HAS SEEN A 300 PERCENT INCREASE IN REPORTED ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS SINCE THE START OF THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR.