US EditionEuropean Nations Voice 'Deep Concern' over Israeli Death Penalty Bill
The bill mandates death by hanging for Palestinians convicted of terror offenses without requiring judicial unanimity, advancing under Israel's far-right government amid rising settler violence.
- The Knesset National Security Committee approved a proposed death penalty bill against Palestinian detainees convicted of terror offenses, advancing it to a final vote expected next week.
- Pushed by the current far-right Israeli government, the bill does not require judicial unanimity and mandates executions by hanging within 90 days of confirmation by the Israeli Prison Service.
- Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem said the state is "already killing Palestinians on a regular basis" with "close to zero accountability," describing the bill as another tool in this pattern.
- UNRWA Chief Philippe Lazzarini denounced the "total impunity" surrounding settler rampages, noting at least 1,100 Palestinian civilians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers since 2020.
- The Human Rights Office released a report last month raising concerns over "ethnic cleansing by Israeli authorities" in the West Bank, with observers noting the bill fits a pattern of intensifying control.
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Four European States, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom have asked Israel to give up on a draft law on the reintroduction of the death penalty for persons convicted of acts of terrorism, a measure on which the opposition to the initiative claims that it would only target Palestinians, reports the month according to Agerpres.
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Israeli parliament to vote on death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis
Israel’s parliament is set to vote on a bill that would make the death penalty the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted of anti-Israel murder.
The Israeli parliament is considering a controversial death penalty bill. If approved, people could be hanged who "killed Israelis with the intent to harm Israel." This makes it clearly aimed solely at Palestinians. Germany and France, among others, have already called on Israel to bury the proposal.
The Knesset is voting on a draft today. However, only Palestinians would be affected. Human rights activists are horrified, and criticism comes from Germany as well.
European nations voice 'deep concern' over Israeli death penalty bill
The foreign ministers of four European powers on Sunday voiced "deep concern" over an Israeli death penalty bill that rights advocates warn would be used disproportionately against Palestinians.
According to several countries, proposals for a new death penalty law in Israel risk undermining the country's obligations.
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