Israel’s Ministerial Committee on Legislation approved a bill that seeks to allow the trial of Palestinian minors aged under the age of 14.
The decision came following a committee meeting held on Sunday evening to approve the bill that provides for tightening the punishment allowed to be imposed on the “perpetrators of operations” who are under the age of 14.
Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked proposed the draft legislation.
The bill seeks to impose prison sentences on minors if they are convicted. However, the sentences would be carried after the defendants reach the age of 14.
In October 2015, a similar bill passed a preliminary reading in the Knesset, providing for the sentencing of minors aged under 14 to jail terms. The reading passed in conjunction with the outbreak of the current intifada which is still raging in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.
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