An Israeli newspaper has revealed that the Israeli Ministerial Committee for Legislative Affairs would meet on Sunday to discuss a draft law providing for doubling the punishment of Palestinians who throw stones at Israeli soldiers or Jewish settlers to reach four-year prison term.
The Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom said on Thursday that Knesset member Kathrin Shitrit of the right-wing Likud party drafted the law. The current punishment for those throwing stones is a maximum sentence of two years.
According to the newspaper the draft law is an additional test for the fragile government coalition especially for Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked who previously presented a similar draft in 2015 which was passed.
The newspaper claimed that 227 stone-throwing incidents were recorded in the West Bank during the month of May in addition to 59 Molotov cocktails throwing incidents.
