Israel’s New Death Penalty Law: What Does It Actually Change?

Israel’s new death penalty law: What does it actually change?

At the end of March, in the middle of the war with Iran and right as a contentious state budget received final approval, the Israeli Knesset passed a law making the death penalty the primary punishment for specific murderous acts of terror. The bill was approved with a vote of 62-48. Many Israeli and international news outlets described the law as specifically targeting Palestinians, warning of mass executions and human rights violations. But wh…

Palestinian prisoners and the death penalty

Amid the arbitrary decisions imposed on Palestinian prisoners, the denial of medical treatment, the restriction of family visits, and the withholding of adequate food seem increasingly like a slow and deliberate death sentence. Following the vote in the Israeli Knesset on 30 March to approve measures towards the execution of Palestinian prisoners, prisoners’ reality has become even more alarming. What was once a system of prolonged suffering now…