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| Israeli Dies in Car Crash After Rock-Throwing Attack | |
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| RAMALLAH, West Bank — A 50-year-old Jewish man died Monday morning after attackers pelted the road he was driving on with rocks as he was returning home from a dinner celebrating Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, the Israeli authorities said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called an emergency meeting to discuss rock-throwing, mostly by Palestinian youths. | |
| A statement from the Israeli police said the assailants were throwing stones on Sunday night on a road that runs between a Palestinian and Jewish neighborhood of Jerusalem. It was not immediately clear if a rock hit the vehicle, but the police said the stone-throwing “led to a self-inflicted accident,” as the man lost control of the car and smashed into a pole. | A statement from the Israeli police said the assailants were throwing stones on Sunday night on a road that runs between a Palestinian and Jewish neighborhood of Jerusalem. It was not immediately clear if a rock hit the vehicle, but the police said the stone-throwing “led to a self-inflicted accident,” as the man lost control of the car and smashed into a pole. |
| Luba Samri, a police spokeswoman, said the rock-throwing appeared to have caused the accident but that “nothing is 100 percent sure.” | |
| On Monday, Mr. Netanyahu said he would call a special meeting after Rosh Hashana ends Tuesday evening to discuss “harsher punishments and strict enforcement” and other means to combat rock-throwing. | On Monday, Mr. Netanyahu said he would call a special meeting after Rosh Hashana ends Tuesday evening to discuss “harsher punishments and strict enforcement” and other means to combat rock-throwing. |
| The government had already said, on Sept. 2, that it was considering harsher measures against Palestinian stone-throwers, including greater use of live ammunition and tougher minimum sentences for those convicted. | The government had already said, on Sept. 2, that it was considering harsher measures against Palestinian stone-throwers, including greater use of live ammunition and tougher minimum sentences for those convicted. |
| Israeli security forces have increasingly grappled with rock-throwing, particularly along a highway in the occupied West Bank that is mostly used by Jewish settlers and on roads leading to Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem. | |
| Last week, the Israeli police reported that stone-throwing episodes increased 53 percent in 2014 from the previous year. | |
| Palestinians frequently argue that rocks and crude incendiary devices are among their only weapons to press for independence, and to defend themselves against Israeli forces during confrontations. For some young Palestinians in areas where there are frequent tensions, their use has become a rite of passage. |