’Israel’ Approves Use of Sniper Fire against Palestinian Rock-Throwers

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After weeks of debates amid continuing “Israeli” aggression against al-Aqsa clashes, “Israel’s” apartheid entity has approved the use of live ammo against rock-throwers in al-Quds.

As protests against the “Israeli” occupation over the al-Aqsa Mosque site in the Old City, the Zionist Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein accepted a proposal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow the use live sniper fire.

“This is an extremely dangerous escalation on the part of the “Israelis”. What they are basically saying is that every Palestinian youth stone-thrower, which seem to be the youth under the age of 15 and 16, is an enemy combatant,” Palestinian-American journalist Ramzy Baroud said.

Also reportedly approved by the Attorney General was the proposal to arrest rock-throwing minors and increase the minimum sentence to 4-5 years in prison – and to at least 10 years for those caught throwing firebombs. The families of the Palestinian rock throwers would also face a fine up to 100,000 shekels [US $26,000].

“We decided to change policy and wage war on stone throwers, bottle throwers, firecrackers shooters and those who disrupt the peace – quite simply a change,” Netanyahu said Thursday, as cited by the Times of “Israel”.

Source: Al-Ahed news