Malak al-Khatib, 14, (pictured) from Betin, in the West Bank, has been jailed for throwing stones A 14-year-old Palestinian girl who was tried before an Israeli military court for throwing rocks at passing cars in the West Bank has been sentenced to two months in prison. The case of Malak al-Khatib, from Betin, in the West Bank, has gripped Palestinians who say her treatment demonstrates Israel's ‘excessive’ measures against stone-throwing youths. Arrested last month, she is one of only a few underage Palestinian girls who have ever been arrested and sentenced by Israeli authorities. Palestinian officials say she is the youngest girl ever detained and sentenced by Israel — a claim Israeli officials and rights groups said they were not able to confirm.
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Malak al-Khatib, 14, was arrested last month for throwing stones
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She was sentenced to two months in prison and handed a $1,500 fine
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She has spent four weeks in detention and as another four weeks left
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Palestinians say she is youngest girl ever detained and sentenced by Israel
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In last six years more than half of all arrests of Palestinian youths have been over stone-throwing - but Malak is one of just a handful of girls
On December 31 Malak walked to a West Bank road used by both Israelis and @placeholder and began throwing stones at passing cars, officials told her parents.