'With God's help, we will kill our enemies': Israel introduces the death penalty for Palestinians accused of 'terrorist' murder

The law was passed by 62 lawmakers to 48, marking a turning point in Israel's penal policy and further weakening the rule of law in the country.

Palestinians in occupied West Bank protest Israel’s death penalty law

Families of Palestinian prisoners protested against a bill allowing the death penalty for Palestinians in the West Bank

‘What can you expect from a govt with people like Netanyahu?’: Palestinians horrified by Israel’s new death penalty law

Fear for her son’s fate kept Maisoun Shawamreh awake through the night in the occupied West Bank following the Israeli parliament’s approval of a law permitting the execution of Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks. “The mothers of prisoners — none of us slept last night,” Shawamreh told AFP as she joined a protest in Ramallah against the law on Tuesday. Her son has been in detention for three years, awaiting sentencing on charges of attempted murder. “He may or may not be subject to exec...

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‘Cruel’: UN warns Israel that applying new death penalty in West Bank would be a war crime

The new law passed yesterday has also been criticised by Irish politicians.

UN warns Israel’s death penalty law would amount to a war crime

The United Nations’ human rights chief on Tuesday said condemned a newly approved Israeli death penalty law, warning that applying it in occupied Palestinian territory “would const...