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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went Wednesday to the street in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Armon Hanatziv where the rock was thrown earlier this week that caused the death of Alexander Levlovitz and declared "war" on those who throw rocks and petrol bombs.
"Here, in the heart of Jerusalem, at a traffic island on a main road, a thug and criminal stands here, on a traffic island, takes a rock and throws again and again at the windshields of cars of Jerusalem residents until he manages to cause death - it did not kill, it murdered," Netanyahu said. "This stone is one too many. We are declaring war on those who throw stones and bottles, and rioters."
The prime minister, who also went to the Metzudat Adumim Border Police base north of the capital, and to an IDF position on Road 443 to Jerusalem, which has been plagued in recent weeks by terrorist incidents, said the government will dramatically change its policy regarding those who throw rocks and firebombs.
"We are changing...