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Israel passes law making death penalty default sentence for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis
The new law targets Palestinians convicted of deadly terrorism and allows courts to impose death sentences with judicial discretion for life imprisonment in special cases.
- On Monday, the Knesset passed a law mandating the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of deadly acts of terrorism, with some opposition members voting in favor.
- National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir of Otzma Yehudit and Likud's Nissim Vaturi advanced the bill, allowing courts to impose capital punishment without prosecution requests or unanimous judicial consent.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressed to soften the bill, though Justice Ministry representative Lilach Wagner warned establishing the death penalty in the West Bank is "very problematic," amid IDF and Foreign Ministry objections.
- The law applies to any territory Israel functionally controls, including the West Bank and 53 percent of the Gaza Strip, while courts may impose life sentences for "special reasons" or "special circumstances" instead of death.
- Hamas terrorists who participated in the October 7 massacre are excluded from the law, as Israel advances a separate bill to establish a dedicated tribunal for those specific perpetrators.
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Parliament of Israel Approves Law to Apply Death Penalty to Palestinians Convicted of Deadly Attacks
Jerusalem, Indefinite. On Monday, Israeli legislators passed a law that allows the death penalty to be applied to those convicted of deadly attacks classified as acts of “terrorism,” a measure that in practice would mainly affect Palestinians and that has been rejected by European countries and human rights groups. The law was passed by 62 votes in favour and 48 against and was promoted by the extreme right-wing Minister of National Security, It…
The Israeli Knesset or Parliament approved on Monday by 64 votes against 48 the Death Penalty Law for Terrorists, a legal reform that provides for the application of the death penalty by hanging and in secret for the crime of terrorism, but only for Palestinians, as it excludes any citizen of Israel, which has been criticized for its discriminatory character.The rule only applies in the military courts of the West Bank, which only try Palestinia…
The Israeli parliament today passed a law that would allow the execution of Palestinians convicted of deadly terror attacks. The law was criticized by several European countries on Sunday, and the Israeli human rights organization ACRI filed an appeal to the Supreme Court shortly after the law was passed.
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