Terrorist Regime approves tougher prison sentences on Palestinian ‘stone throwers’

An Israeli parliamentary committee has approved a bill that strengthens the sanctions on Palestinian “stone throwers” as part of an 8-step plan to prevent stone-throwing in East Jerusalem.

The bill is widely seen as a prelude to the approval of a law that would withdraw residence from Palestinian perpetrators of attacks against Israelis, which is due to be finalised next Monday.

In a statement issued on Thursday, a copy of which was received by a reporter for Anadolu Agency, the Knesset (announced that “the constitution, law and Justice parliamentary committee approved a bill that strengthens sanctions on stone throwers.”

The Knesset pointed out that the bill, which was approved on Wednesday evening, “allows imposing a prison sentence of up to 20 years for throwing stones at a person inside a car”, noting that in order to condemn the stone thrower, “the prosecution has to prove that the stone thrower has intentionally injured a passenger in car or a mean of transport or exposed his life to danger.”

The statement went on to say that, “according to the new law, the court can sentence a person who throws materials at means of transport while moving on the road to prison for 10 years.”

It also said that under the new law, “those who intentionally throw stones or any other material on a policeman or police mechanisms for the purpose of obstructing the work of the police are subject to a prison sentence of 5 years.”

The statement stressed that, “the objective of the new legislation is to help in dealing with the stone-throwing phenomenon which has become a frequent incident in recent years.”

The final approval of the bill is scheduled for next Monday.

The draft of this law was made at the peak of the stone-throwing operations in East Jerusalem.

The kidnapping of a Palestinian boy by three Israeli settlers in the town of Shuafat, north of Jerusalem, before his killing on 2 June 2014, led to wide clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces in Palestinian neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem. During the clashes, Palestinian protesters threw stones at Israeli military forces.