A new Israeli military order makes execution the default sentence for Palestinians convicted in attacks that kill Israelis, deepening the dual legal system built on racial discrimination, military rule and permanent proximity to death.
Tags: Israeli death penalty law
The gallows law: Israel moves toward executing Palestinian children
The law resolves a long-standing political demand by Israel’s far-right leadership to formalize execution as a tool of control over Palestinians.
‘War crime’: Global condemnation as Israeli ministers celebrate death penalty law targeting Palestinian prisoners
Israeli ministers celebrated the law’s passage with champagne on the Knesset floor, as human rights groups condemned it as a possible war crime and “deeply discriminatory.’


