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Bus crash kills 25, mostly students in Cape Verde

The trip was not organized by the schools, according to Education Ministry delegate in São Filipe José Pedro Gonçalves, but was one that the driver regularly organized every year.

Bus crash in Cape Verde, September 5, 2026.
Reuven Rivlin

Grapevine: Kafka in Jerusalem

A general view shows a main road in the heart of the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on the southern tip of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on October 9, 2025. Ilustrative.

Bus accident killed 21, left several wounded in Egypt's South Sinai, health ministry says

Khaled Awaishat, bus driver who was attacked by a minor in Beit Shemesh, August 31, 2026.

'Ben-Gvir's soldiers': Teenager arrested on suspicion of assaulting Arab bus driver in Beit Shemesh


Grapevine: Going postal

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Post office boxes for the Israel Post are seen in this illustrative image.

New Israeli bus terminal charges electric buses wirelessly

Housed beneath the asphalt, Electreon’s technology charges vehicles wirelessly as they drive or park above.

Electra Afikim's lineup of electric buses; Israel's first wireless charging electric bus depot.

Israelis financially compensated after Hamas war disrupts public buses

Passengers who held monthly pass on their Rav Kavs on October 7 will receive a partial refund for the remaining days of their subscription, which can amount to hundreds of shekels.

Rav-Kav Payment Station on the Bus

Deadly ambush on bus in northwestern Pakistan leaves 9 dead

Six of the nine people murdered have since been identified. A total of 26 others were left injured from the attack.

 Police officers stand at the entrance of the district Judicial Complex in Islamabad, Pakistan November 28, 2023.

This week in Jerusalem: Get on board

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 HEBREW UNIVERSITY opens for 2022. The current academic year continues to be delayed across Israel.

Miri Regev bans Israeli civilians from public buses on Shabbat

In contrast to the first weekend of public transportation during the war, the Transportation Ministry now restricts travel to soldiers and security forces, leaving citizens stranded.


At least 20 killed as Italian bus falls off Venice bridge

"It's an apocalyptic scene. I am speechless," Mayor Luigi Brugnaro posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.

 A gondola is pictured on Grand Canal in front of Rialto bridge in Venice, Italy, October 20, 2021

Bus with children aboard overturned near Beit Shemesh, several injured

Shaare Zedek Medical Center confirmed the admittance of eight injured children in the trauma room.

 Scenes of the overturned bus near Beit Shemesh, September 27, 2023

Israelis overwhelmingly support transport on Shabbat, haredi IDF draft

More than 7 in 10 Israelis want Shabbat transportation while nearly 8 in 10 support an IDF draft for yeshiva students, according to the recent Hiddush annual religion and state index for 2023.

Haredi man and IDF soldiers in Jerusalem.

Extremists on both sides are causing discrimination on Israeli buses

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Even though these types of behaviors have existed for years on Israeli buses, two things have changed: Judicial reform tensions and a fast-growing haredi population.

 YISRAEL BEYTENU chairman MK Avigdor Liberman rides on a bus in Ashdod on Wednesday, after a recent incident of gender discrimination on a city bus.