Israel Brands Rock-Throwing as Terrorism; Charge Could Carry Up to 20 Years
in Prison
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_terrorism_coul_up_to_20_years_jail_time_20/
Posted on Jul 22, 2015
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The Israeli Parliament has approved a tough law that could send people to
prison for up to 20 years for throwing rocks at moving vehicles. Palestinian
activists and officials have condemned the law as "repressive" and "racist."
Al-Jazeera explains:
"This law is not about stone-throwing. It is about repressing any form of
Palestinian resistance or protest to Israeli colonization and occupation,"
Ali Abunimah, co-founder of the Electronic Intifada website that runs
articles and resources on [the] Palestinian struggle, said in an interview
on Tuesday.
He said that while Israel continues to target Palestinians, shooting deaths
of Palestinian protesters were committed "with absolutely no consequences
whatsever".
Late on Monday, Israeli lawmakers voted 69 to 17 to increase the
punishments, approving legislation proposed after a wave of Palestinian
protests last year in East Jerusalem.
Qadura Fares, head of the Palestinian Prisoner Club, an organization that
advocates on behalf of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, said the new
law was "racist".
"This law is hateful and contradicts the most basic rule that the punishment
fit the offense," he said.
Arab lawmaker Jamal Zahalka accused the parliament of hypocrisy, saying
stone throwing is an answer to abuses by Israeli security forces.
He said: "You are picking on the person responding to major injustices."
Under the law, stone throwers could face 10 years in prison, and up to 20
years if it is determined that they intended to seriously harm the occupants
in a vehicle.
"Tolerance toward terrorists ends today. A stone-thrower is a terrorist and
only a fitting punishment can serve as a deterrent and just punishment,"
Israel's Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, of the far-right Jewish Home party,
said in a statement.
Read the rest of the storyhere.
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Israel Brands Rock-Throwing as Terrorism; Charge Could Carry Up to 20 Years
in Prison
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/israel_declares_rock_throwing_as
_terrorism_coul_up_to_20_years_jail_time_20/
Posted on Jul 22, 2015
k_barghouti / CC BY 2.0
The Israeli Parliament has approved a tough law that could send people to
prison for up to 20 years for throwing rocks at moving vehicles. Palestinian
activists and officials have condemned the law as "repressive" and "racist."
Al-Jazeera explains:
"This law is not about stone-throwing. It is about repressing any form of
Palestinian resistance or protest to Israeli colonization and occupation,"
Ali Abunimah, co-founder of the Electronic Intifada website that runs
articles and resources on [the] Palestinian struggle, said in an interview
on Tuesday.
He said that while Israel continues to target Palestinians, shooting deaths
of Palestinian protesters were committed "with absolutely no consequences
whatsever".
Late on Monday, Israeli lawmakers voted 69 to 17 to increase the
punishments, approving legislation proposed after a wave of Palestinian
protests last year in East Jerusalem.
Qadura Fares, head of the Palestinian Prisoner Club, an organization that
advocates on behalf of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, said the new
law was "racist".
"This law is hateful and contradicts the most basic rule that the punishment
fit the offense," he said.
Arab lawmaker Jamal Zahalka accused the parliament of hypocrisy, saying
stone throwing is an answer to abuses by Israeli security forces.
He said: "You are picking on the person responding to major injustices."
Under the law, stone throwers could face 10 years in prison, and up to 20
years if it is determined that they intended to seriously harm the occupants
in a vehicle.
"Tolerance toward terrorists ends today. A stone-thrower is a terrorist and
only a fitting punishment can serve as a deterrent and just punishment,"
Israel's Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, of the far-right Jewish Home party,
said in a statement.
Read the rest of the storyhere.
-Posted by Roisin Davis
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