The Supreme Court reduced, Monday, the sentences of seven Arab youths convicted of throwing rocks at cars on Highway 20, which connects Jerusalem's Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood with Route 443 via the Arab neighborhood of Beit Hanina. In one case, a haredi-religious Jew suffered injuries and required medical attention.
The youths were initially sentenced to confinement of one-to-three years. As a result of their appeal, the high court reduced the sentences between two and nine months and ordered them to pay up to 8,500 shekels ($2,200) compensation.