Fury across Middle East over Israel’s ’racist’ death penalty law

Fury across Middle East over Israel’s ’racist’ death penalty law

Several protests erupted across the Middle East this week, denouncing what has been lambasted as Israel's "racist" death penalty law targeting Palestinians. Thousands of Syrians took to the streets across several provinces to express their rejection of the law, according to reports on Thursday. Mass demonstrations were recorded in Damascus, Daraa, Quneitra, Latakia, Idlib, Homs, and Aleppo. Hundreds of students in Aleppo took part in a sit-in pr…