Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has joined Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan's criticism of the Israeli court system's methods of dealing with the legal punishments given to stone-throwers.<br />Netanyahu stressed Sunday that he wants severe minimum sentences to be imposed on those who throw stones or firebombs.<br />"This is a norm that should apply to every citizen of Israel, every resident of Israel and every judge in Israel," said Netanyahu.<br />Netanyahu also discussed the escalating violence on Temple Mount, and said it was not Israel that was trying to change the status quo at the holy site.<br />According to Netanyahu, it is the Muslim Brotherhood, the Palestinian Authority and the Islamist Movement in Israel that are flaming the tensions there.
