[News] Stone Throwing Bill Passes in Israeli Knesset

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  Stone Throwing Bill Passes in Knesset

author Wednesday July 22, 2015 03:41author by IMEMC News & Agencies
*http://www.imemc.org/article/72313*

    Israeli Knesset passed, on Monday evening, a bill allowing
    Palestinian youth caught throwing stones to be held up to 20 years
    in prison. [now they only get shot at by Israeli troops - ed.]

The bill stipulates that youth who throw stones at Israeli vehicles can 
be sent to prison for up to 10 years, even without having to prove 
harmful intent in their actions.

The bill won the approval of 69 MKs and was opposed by 17, following a 
stormy Knesset debate.

In wake of the approval, Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked 
<http://www.imemc.org/newswire?search_text=shaked&button=Search+%3E%3E> 
said: “Today, justice was done. For years, terrorists avoided punishment 
and responsibility. Tolerance towards terrorists ends today.”

She added, according to Days of Palestine: “A stone thrower is a 
terrorist, and only an appropriate punishment can be deterrent, punitive 
and just.”

Arab MK of the Joint List Jamal Zahalka slammed the bill, labelling it 
hypocritical and unjust.

“Imagine bringing before a truly just judge the stone thrower as well as 
those responsible for him throwing the stones. Who would the judge put 
in jail? The one destroying [the stone thrower’s] home, expropriating 
lands, killing his brother, or the boy who threw a stone?” he asked.

“You are picking on the person who responded to the major injustices, 
such hypocrisy,” he said, during the heated discussion of the bill.

“Those who demolish homes receive medals, but the boy who’s anger is 
justified is imposed with punishments,” he said. “There is no justice in 
this law.”

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