"You have no place in the country": the young Druze woman humiliated on a bus

A young Druze woman from northern Israel was verbally attacked on a bus in Tel Aviv after speaking Arabic on the phone. A group of teenagers threw socks at her, filmed her and made offensive remarks, and one of them demanded she get off the bus, saying "you have no place in the country". The young woman, from a family of security personnel, filed a complaint with the police.

H., a young Druze woman from the north and a psychology graduate, describes a difficult incident she experienced on a bus in Tel Aviv. According to her account, after she spoke Arabic on the phone, a group of teenagers sitting behind her began throwing socks at her, laughing and filming her. One of the girls even demanded that she get off the bus, saying "you have no place in the country". H. comes from a Druze family, many of whose members served in the security establishment; her father is a senior reserve officer and her brother serves in a significant role. She herself volunteered caring for animals injured after the events of October 7 and now works as a research assistant in the "Bayit Balev" project to strengthen the mental resilience of families, reservists and evacuees. According to her, none of the passengers came to her aid. She filed a complaint with the police, but noted that she arrived at the station expecting they would do nothing. An investigation was opened at the Dan District police.