The bill of MK Ophir Katz from the Likud, which stipulates a worsening of the punishment for those throwing stones and objects at vehicles, was overturned today (Wednesday) by the coalition.
The current move by MK Katz, who in fact put to the vote a bill that renews and establishes a temporary provision previously promoted by Ayelet Shaked, which stipulates that a person convicted of throwing stones, a Molotov cocktail or any other object at a vehicle or transportation lane, will be given a minimum penalty of one-fifth of the maximum penalty. Ten or twenty years.
MK Ofir Katz, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
According to a study requested by MK Katz from the Knesset's Research and Information Center, currently, only 1% of the cases that are opened end up in prison, of which 93% sit for a year or less.
In response to the overthrow of the law by the coalition, MK Ophir Katz said: "Why would terrorists who throw stones and Molotov cocktails stop trying to murder Jews? "Will they be deterred? And now they have received legitimacy from Knesset members in the coalition."
MK Katz further emphasized that "this coalition challenges the concept of eternal eternity in Israel on a day-to-day level. It is our duty to maintain the security of the citizens of Israel, everyone who voted against, as if he himself had thrown a stone at a Jew."
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