Tel Aviv, October 27 (RHC)-- Discrimination against Palestinians is escalating following the announcement of Israel’s plans to ban Palestinian workers from riding the same buses as Israeli settlers in the West Bank.

Local sources say Israeli Ministry for Military Affairs has issued a directive, due to go into effect next month, to prohibit the Palestinian workers from traveling on Israeli-run public transportation in the West Bank.

The decision comes in the wake of continuous calls of Israeli settlers in the West Bank to ban the Palestinians from public transportation, claiming that their presence poses a security risk.

The plan has already sparked outrage even among Israeli rights groups who accuse Tel Aviv of making racially motivated decisions. Hundreds of Palestinian laborers travel every day from the occupied West Bank to work mainly in the construction business under Israel's entrepreneurship.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in September called for an end to the Israeli regime’s discrimination against the Palestinian people in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.