Min. Amir Ohana: 'No choice but to set minimum punishment for illegal weapons'

• Author: Arutz Sheva Staff
• Date: 26 May 2021
• Published date: 26 May 2021
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

At a Knesset session on the issue of whether to form an investigative committee to examine police management of the recent riots, Ohana said: "I will bring to the government a plan to change the legislation."

"The first quarter of 2021 was characterized by a 25% increase in the number of indictments submitted on issues involving illegal weapons," he noted, adding that there "is no option other than to declare a minimum punishment for illegal weapons crimes."

"Additional rioters are expected to be arrested," Ohana emphasized. "In the days before...