Israeli minister of public security Gilad Erdan came under stone-throwing attack on Wednesday evening as he was traveling aboard a car near Abu Dis town east of Occupied Jerusalem.
According to the Hebrew news website 0404 Palestinian young men hurled stones at the armored vehicle which Erdan was aboard causing some damage to its windshield and body.
The website quoted a senior border police officer as saying that such incident was a great security failure for the Israeli police in the areas surrounding Jerusalem.
Erdan’s office said the minister had toured under police protection some suburban areas of Jerusalem to assess the security situation and accused students from the University of Abu Dis of throwing stones at his car.
It added that this attack confirmed the need to strengthen Israel’s security control over the area.
For about three weeks the occupied Palestinian territories have been seeing a popular intifada (uprising) against the Israeli occupation after US president Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
