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The Executioner’s Noose, Not the Scales of Justice: Crime and Punishment in Israel and Palestine

Israeli soldiers and settlers commit daily acts of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory with near-total impunity. By contrast, Palestinians are being arrested en masse, deprived of critical safeguards in detention, and subjected to torture and ill-treatment. In addition, recently introduced legislation will make it easier for Israeli courts to issue death sentences for Palestinians.

UN: Israel Continues to Commit Genocide and Other Atrocity Crimes by Deliberately Targeting Palestinian Children

Israeli authorities & security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory said in a new report today.