Israel approves use of police sniper fire against Palestinian rock-throwers

posted on: Sep 19, 2015

Israel has approved the use of a low-powered Ruger sniper rifle by police against “certain” rock-throwers in Jerusalem, local press report. Previously use of the weapon to curb violence in the West Bank was limited to the IDF.
As protests against Israel’s dominance over the al-Aqsa Mosque site in the Old City of Jerusalem intensify, Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein, has accepted a proposal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow the use live sniper fire by police if needed to quell riots on Temple Mount, reported the Jerusalem Post. 

“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 told RT.

Source: www.rt.com