NZ, Allies Express 'Deep Concern' About Israeli Bill Expanding Death Penalty for Palestinians

What are the consequences of Israel’s death penalty law for Palestinians?

Israel has become the first country to vote in favour of capital punishment in the 21st century.

NZ, allies express 'deep concern' about Israeli bill expanding death penalty for Palestinians

Winston Peters posted on social media indicating NZ was party to a joint statement, emphasising the country's opposition "for decades" to the death penalty "in all circumstances".

Israeli social media flooded with calls for 'expanding scope' of death penalty law for Palestinians: Report

Many Israelis are frustrated that the new execution law does not apply to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip

Israel Adopts Controversial Death Penalty Law for Palestinians

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have voiced alarm over a newly passed Israeli law that makes the death penalty the default sentence for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks. Critics warn that the law could allow executions without due process. Although the legislation technically applies to all Israeli citizens, legal experts note that by defining […] The post Israel Adopts Controversial Death Penalty Law for Palestinians appeared fir…

Israel passes death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of fatal attacks

Israel says it will destroy all the homes along Lebanon’s border with Israel and stop 600,000 residents who fled southern Lebanon from returning to their villages. Its parliament has also provoked anger around the world after it approved the death penalty by hanging for deadly attacks that targeted the state of Israel. Israel hasn’t executed anyone since Adolf Eichmann, one of the Nazi architects of the Holocaust in 1962. But the new law effecti…

NZ, allies express ‘deep concern’ about Israeli death penalty bill for Palestinians

By Lillian Hanly, RNZ News political reporter New Zealand has joined Australia, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom in expressing “deep concern” about an Israeli bill expanding the death penalty for Palestinians. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters posted on social media last night, indicating New Zealand had joined the other nations, and emphasising the country’s opposition “for decades” to the death penalty “in all circumstances”…