US EditionIsrael passes law making death penalty default sentence for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks
The law targets Palestinians convicted of terrorism in Israeli-controlled areas, allowing courts discretion to impose life sentences and removing the need for unanimous judge approval.
- Israel passed a law making the death penalty the default sentence for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks labeled as terrorism by military courts, with execution by hanging within 90 days of conviction and possible extension to 180 days.
- The law theoretically applies to Jewish Israelis but is unlikely to be applied to them in practice, primarily targeting Palestinians.
- The Palestinian Authority and Hamas condemned the law as an attempt to legalize extrajudicial killings and warned it threatens Palestinian prisoners' lives.
- Critics, including the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and several European countries, labeled the law discriminatory and unconstitutional, expressing concerns it undermines democratic principles.
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‘Breach of international law’: UN warns over Israel death penalty law
Israel’s parliament has approved a law that sets the death penalty as the default sentence for Palestinians convicted of fatal attacks in the occupied West Bank, prompting protests, legal challenges, and condemnation from the United Nations and European governments. The Knesset passed the measure on 30 March, backing a proposal led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. The law applies to Palestinians tried in military courts for attacks…
Discriminatory Israel death penalty bill denounced
The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) on March 30 denounced a proposed Israeli death penalty bill, which recently underwent a second and third reading in the Knesset, claiming it represents “an extreme escalation in Israel’s genocidal policies against Palestinians.” Órlaith Roe, the ICJP’s public affairs and communications officer, spoke critically of the proposed legislation, stating: Israel’s targeted killing of Palestini…
Israel institutes death penalty only for Palestinians
Real journalists wrote and edited this (not AI)—independent, community-driven journalism survives because you back it. Donate to sustain Prism’s mission and the humans behind it. The Israeli Knesset passed a bill on March 30 to institute the death penalty only for Palestinians. The new law mandates military courts to sentence Palestinians in the West Bank and other Israeli-occupied territories to execution by hanging if they are convicted of kil…
Israeli death penalty law targeting Palestinians sparks global outcry as far right celebrates
Far-right supporters of a controversial Israeli death penalty law were popping champagne corks as it cleared the Knesset on Monday night, but its passage has sparked a global chorus of condemnation.
Tehran: Israel's decision to execute Palestinian prisoners is fascism
The Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the Knesset law on the execution of Palestinians found guilty of terrorism by Israeli courts, describing it as a violation of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions of 1949.
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