Israeli lawmakers set up a special tribunal and allow for death penalty for Hamas-led 2023 attackers
The law passed 93-0 and allows public trials, group proceedings and possible death sentences for hundreds of accused militants.
- The Knesset is set to vote on Monday on the "Prosecution of Participants in the October 7 Massacre Events Bill," which establishes a special military tribunal to try Hamas operatives accused in the October 7, 2023, attacks.
- Sponsored by Justice Minister Yariv Levin, MK Simcha Rothman of the Religious Zionist Party, and MK Yulia Malinovsky of Yisrael Beytenu, the bill targets roughly 400 Hamas operatives for their alleged crimes against humanity and the Jewish people.
- Authorizing a military court to impose the death penalty, the bill mandates public broadcasting of key hearings to ensure, as Malinovsky stated, "the entire world will witness" the proceedings.
- Warning that the legislation "subordinates every principle of fair criminal justice to a punitive and retributive spectacle," Adalah, The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, described the proceedings as "show trials."
- The tribunal lacks independent civilian oversight, with attorney Muna Haddad arguing that any death sentence imposed would constitute a "grave violation of international human rights law" and a potential war crime.
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NGOs warn that the special court will conduct mass and expeditious trials, in which the defendants will not have the basic guarantees and will be easily sentenced to death.
The Israeli Parliament has cleared the way for a special military tribunal, where hundreds of suspected terrorists are said to have been involved in the attack on 7 October, and the death penalty is also foreseen.
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