Security cabinet approves tougher measures against rock throwers

The security cabinet unanimously approves harsher measures against stone throwers, Netanyahu announces.

Channel 2 outlines the changes as follows: It allows police to use live fire against assailants if the attacks are considered life-threatening. It imposes a minimum four-year jail sentence for assailants. It permits cops to use of the Ruger rifle. It allows jail time and fines for minors over 14, and strips the child welfare benefits for imprisoned minors. The decisions also stipulate that legislation will be presented suggesting parents be fined for their kid’s attacks.

“The cabinet unanimously approved a series of decisions that I presented in the fight against stone throwing, firebombing, and firecracker [attacks],” Netanyahu says in a tweet, terming these means “murderous objects.”