Israel proposes law to jail 12-year-old Palestinians

In a move which is disallowed by human rights groups, an Israel ministerial committee has approved a law allowing the imprisonment of Palestinian kids as young as 12 years.
Under the new bill authorised by Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday, Israel can now impose jail terms for children aged 12 years or above , who are found guilty of “nationalistic-motivated” violent offences – including murder, attempted murder and manslaughter.
The bill, though still needs to be passed by Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, in order to become law.
“The proposed law will in effect impact Palestinian children in occupied East Jerusalem and those who carry Israeli citizenship and live in cities, towns and villages across the country.” A human rights group said.

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Until now, Palestinian children in East Jerusalem could not be imprisoned unless they are 14 or older.
Israeli military courts are already able to try and imprison Palestinian children 12 years and older in the West Bank, as long as they do not carry Israeli-issued Jerusalem residency permits.

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