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"Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told police chiefs and the Shin Bet security service on Tuesday to get tough on Palestinian protests in occupied al-Quds, which has spiked in recent months.

His office said after a special meeting of the security chiefs, also attended by occupied al-Quds' mayor and government legal advisers: "The prime minister [Netanyahu] instructed that forces be strengthened in areas of conflict and that they should act aggressively against "rioters"."

"He stressed that the current situation must not be allowed to become the norm," it said.

Since July's murder of a Palestinian teen by Jewish extremists in addition to the start of a bloody "Israeli" military aggression on seized Gaza recently in July, Palestinians have been almost constantly on the streets.

Police say they have arrested more than 700 Palestinians in occupied East al-Quds since July. Rights groups allege many cases of police use of excessive force.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team