US EditionExplainer: Inside Israel’s Death Penalty Law and Life Sentences for Palestinian Prisoners
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The Israeli Parliament has just approved in committee a law supported by Benyamin Netanyahu which establishes the mandatory death penalty for the perpetrators of "terrorist" attacks. The text is expected to be discussed in plenary in the near future.
Explainer: Inside Israel’s Death Penalty Law and Life Sentences for Palestinian Prisoners
On Monday, an Israeli panel approved a bill which introduces the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners, paving the way for its first reading in parliament. Here’s Everything You Need to Know What does it say? The bill would allow Israeli courts to impose the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of killing Israeli settlers on “nationalistic grounds”. The bill stipulates “the death penalty for anyone who intentionally or negligently causes th…
Tel Aviv: The draft law on the execution of Palestinian prisoners, a measure repeatedly endorsed by Israeli Minister of Internal Security Atmar Ben Ghafir, faces a delay due to obstacles, as stated by the Israeli news website Wei Net. The ruling coalition in Israel today, Wednesday, withdrew all proposed bills from the Knesset agenda after again failing to obtain the majority without the support of the parties [...]
They circulate on social media messages saying that “the Israeli parliament has approved on first reading a bill to execute Palestinian detainees, including children.” What Israel has approved. According to the official communiqué of the Knesset—the parliament of Israel—on 28 September last the National Security Committee passed a bill proposing to impose the death penalty sentence on prisoners considered “terrorists.” Subsequently, on Monday, 3…
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