'Palestinian' children being encouraged to participate in terrorism ... by Jerusalem police

Israel Matzav
14 October '10

You will recall last Friday's attack on David Be'eri and his 13-year old son as they drove through the streets of Jerusalem. At least two of the main perpetrators of that attack were children under the age of 12. Dealing with the fallout of that attack seems to be giving the Israeli authorities apoplexy.

The headline of this article says that the police are going to hold the parents responsible for violent acts - including stone-throwing - perpetrated by children under the age of 12. But if you read the article, you will see that in fact, nothing of the sort can be done. All the authorities are doing is wringing their hands in frustration. And the result is that children under the age of 12 are getting a free pass to perpetrate terror attacks.

“We will not arrest the parents, because that would be problematic, but we do want to make them be responsible for their kids,” explained Shmuel Ben-Ruby, the Jerusalem Police District spokesman.

The police are able to punish children between the ages of 12-18 for stone throwing, but have difficultly stopping children under 12, the age of “criminal responsibility.”

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