Note that Think Progress is a publication of the Center for American
Progress which has just invited Netenyahu to speak, at the urging of AIPCAC
and that it is run by backers of Hillary Clinton. Given these facts, this is
a relatively fair article.
Miriam
Salhani writes: "People found guilty of stone throwing will also be stripped
of social security benefits and children who are accused of the act will see
their parents benefits stripped."
Israeli border police deploy during clashes with Palestinian students in Abu
Dis, West Bank, Monday, November 2, 2015. (photo: Mahmoud Illean/AP)
Israel Will Imprison Stone-Throwers for 3 Years, Strip Them or Their Parents
of Social Security
By Justin Salhani, ThinkProgress
05 November 15
Amid ongoing violence, the Israeli Knesset decided on Monday that the
penalty for stone throwing - a tactic commonly used by Palestinians - will
now be a minimum of three years in jail.
The Knesset passed the temporary law by an overwhelming margin, 51-17, the
Jerusalem Post reported. The maximum sentence for throwing stones is 15
years. This new law, however, states that any individual who is found guilty
of stone throwing must serve at least one-fifth of the maximum sentence. In
addition, rocks have been added to a list of 'harmful tools' in the Israeli
penal code.
Knesset Law, Constitution and Justice Committee chairman Nissan Slomiansky
was behind the bill. "The punishment for throwing rocks is far from
reflecting the ramifications and the death they cause. A minimum punishment
is necessary to create a deterrent and uproot the assumption that 'it's just
a stone'," he said, according to the Jerusalem Post. "Throwing a rock is an
attempt to murder and there should at least be a minimum punishment."
Stone throwers will only be allowed suspended sentences in "exception
circumstances," AFP reported.
People found guilty of stone throwing will also be stripped of social
security benefits and children who are accused of the act will see their
parents benefits stripped.
Israel and the Palestinian Territories have seen an uptick in violence as of
late. At least 72 Palestinians were killed in October by Israeli security
forces, according to Al-Jazeera, while nine Israelis have also been killed
by knife attacks or from being intentionally run over by Palestinian
drivers. While some have said the violence has been spurred on by social
media, experts say that the continuation of the internationally-recognized
military occupation of the West Bank and military and economic blockade of
Gaza is to blame.
"One thing [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu never mentions is the
48-year military occupation of the West Bank and the growth of Jewish
settlements - the realities most often cited as a root cause of despair by
Palestinians," the Washington Post's William Booth and Ruth Eglash reported
last month. "In surveys, a dwindling minority of Palestinians believe they
will ever get a state."
In September, Netanyahu declared "war" on stone throwers. Critics of the
latest law say that it will not help stem the current violence but will
instead inflame already simmering tempers.
Stone throwing can be, and often is, a dangerous act. In September, a
64-year-old motorist died after Palestinians hit his car with rocks in East
Jerusalem and he veered off the road. That was an act with a clear intent
that ended in murder. But many question whether such a punishment for the
act of throwing a stone is just under all circumstances.
"Fires cannot be put out with gas and this law is throwing gas on a fire,"
Knesset Member Jamal Zahalka said. "There is no logic in punishing a father
whose son threw a rock.while the father of a child who stabbed his friend in
school won't be punished."
Stone throwing is often used as an act of defiance or protest against what
Palestinians view as an occupying security force - armed with rifles, tear
gas, riot gear, and armored vehicles. Sometimes youth join in and are later
tried as adults, while the same standard does not apply to Israelis.
"Defense for Children International, an advocacy group that last year
documented 360 cases of arrested Palestinian youths, found that many were
blindfolded, beaten and threatened during interrogations," the New York
Times reported in August 2013. "Most confessed, and 90 percent received jail
sentences in Israel's military system, according to the report, compared
with 6.5 percent of arrested Israeli children, who are prosecuted in a civil
system."
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Israel Will Imprison Stone-Throwers for 3 Years, Strip Them or Their Parents
of Social Security
By Justin Salhani, ThinkProgress
05 November 15
mid ongoing violence, the Israeli Knesset decided on Monday that the
penalty for stone throwing - a tactic commonly used by Palestinians - will
now be a minimum of three years in jail.
The Knesset passed the temporary law by an overwhelming margin, 51-17, the
Jerusalem Post reported. The maximum sentence for throwing stones is 15
years. This new law, however, states that any individual who is found guilty
of stone throwing must serve at least one-fifth of the maximum sentence. In
addition, rocks have been added to a list of 'harmful tools' in the Israeli
penal code.
Knesset Law, Constitution and Justice Committee chairman Nissan Slomiansky
was behind the bill. "The punishment for throwing rocks is far from
reflecting the ramifications and the death they cause. A minimum punishment
is necessary to create a deterrent and uproot the assumption that 'it's just
a stone'," he said, according to the Jerusalem Post. "Throwing a rock is an
attempt to murder and there should at least be a minimum punishment."
Stone throwers will only be allowed suspended sentences in "exception
circumstances," AFP reported.
People found guilty of stone throwing will also be stripped of social
security benefits and children who are accused of the act will see their
parents benefits stripped.
Israel and the Palestinian Territories have seen an uptick in violence as of
late. At least 72 Palestinians were killed in October by Israeli security
forces, according to Al-Jazeera, while nine Israelis have also been killed
by knife attacks or from being intentionally run over by Palestinian
drivers. While some have said the violence has been spurred on by social
media, experts say that the continuation of the internationally-recognized
military occupation of the West Bank and military and economic blockade of
Gaza is to blame.
"One thing [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu never mentions is the
48-year military occupation of the West Bank and the growth of Jewish
settlements - the realities most often cited as a root cause of despair by
Palestinians," the Washington Post's William Booth and Ruth Eglash reported
last month. "In surveys, a dwindling minority of Palestinians believe they
will ever get a state."
In September, Netanyahu declared "war" on stone throwers. Critics of the
latest law say that it will not help stem the current violence but will
instead inflame already simmering tempers.
Stone throwing can be, and often is, a dangerous act. In September, a
64-year-old motorist died after Palestinians hit his car with rocks in East
Jerusalem and he veered off the road. That was an act with a clear intent
that ended in murder. But many question whether such a punishment for the
act of throwing a stone is just under all circumstances.
"Fires cannot be put out with gas and this law is throwing gas on a fire,"
Knesset Member Jamal Zahalka said. "There is no logic in punishing a father
whose son threw a rock.while the father of a child who stabbed his friend in
school won't be punished."
Stone throwing is often used as an act of defiance or protest against what
Palestinians view as an occupying security force - armed with rifles, tear
gas, riot gear, and armored vehicles. Sometimes youth join in and are later
tried as adults, while the same standard does not apply to Israelis.
"Defense for Children International, an advocacy group that last year
documented 360 cases of arrested Palestinian youths, found that many were
blindfolded, beaten and threatened during interrogations," the New York
Times reported in August 2013. "Most confessed, and 90 percent received jail
sentences in Israel's military system, according to the report, compared
with 6.5 percent of arrested Israeli children, who are prosecuted in a civil
system."
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