Shin Bet security service Tuesday to get tough on violent Palestinian
protest in Jerusalem, which has spiked in recent months.
"The prime minister instructed that forces be strengthened in areas of
conflict and that they should act aggressively against rioters," his
office said after a special meeting of the security chiefs, also
attended by Jerusalem's mayor and government legal advisors.
"He stressed that the current situation must not be allowed to become
the norm," it said.
Since July's killing of a Palestinian teen by Jewish extremists and
the start of a bloody Israeli military offensive in Gaza, Palestinians
youths have been almost constantly on the streets throwing stones and
petrol bombs at police, motorists and public transport.
Police said three officers were slightly injured Tuesday by stones and
bottles hurled by Palestinians in mainly Arab east Jerusalem?s walled
Old City.
Police say they have arrested more than 700 Palestinians in
Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem since July, including at least 250
minors.
Rights groups allege many cases of police use of excessive force.
Police in the city are already out in numbers ahead of the week-long
Jewish holiday of Sukkot, starting Wednesday evening, which swells the
number of Jewish visitors to the Old City.
"Recently there have been stone-throwing incidents, public
disturbances and violence," the statement quoted Netanyahu as telling
Tuesday's meeting.
"We need to deal with this not only in light of the coming holidays
but also in a fundamental way."
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