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Israeli allegedly killed by Palestinian stone throwers; Netanyahu calls emergency meeting

The throwing of stones has long been a Palestinian resistance tactic.

By Ed Adamczyk
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for an emergency meeting to discuss stone-throwing incidents in the West Bank. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for an emergency meeting to discuss stone-throwing incidents in the West Bank. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI | License Photo

JERUSALEM, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called an emergency Cabinet meeting to discuss an outbreak of violence after an Israeli man was allegedly killed by Palestinians throwing stones.

Netanyahu's meeting, to be held Tuesday, was organized to discuss "the war on stone-throwing and firebombs in Jerusalem and its vicinity," and was prompted by the death of an unidentified Jewish man, 50, who died Monday after he lost control of his car and crashed. Israeli police said his car was pelted by stone-throwing assailants on a road between Palestinian and Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem prior to the accident.

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The throwing of stones and rocks at primarily Israeli targets has been emblematic of Palestinian resistance in the West Bank, and became a symbolic weapon during the Palestinian uprising in the 1980s.

The emergency meeting was expected to include Israel's ministers of Defense, Public Security, and Justice and Transport, as well as members of the state prosecutor's office and security officials.

Earlier in the month, Netanyahu said current police policies against stone throwers will be reconsidered, with the possibility Israeli security personnel will be given permission to shoot at alleged assailants. He added suspects should be processed through Israel's secretive detention process, in which suspects can be detained for months without charges or a trial.

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In July the Israeli parliament approved penalties of up to 20 years for convicted stone throwers.

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