"The introduction of a death penalty targeting people by their ethnicity is just the latest iteration in a long line of legal measures described as having normalized an apartheid legal system under which Palestinians are subject to codified discrimination to the benefit of their Israeli neighbours and occupiers."
"The new law means that military courts in the occupied West Bank, which solely try Palestinians, will, by default, impose the death sentence on anyone found guilty by Israel's legal system of carrying out an unlawful killing of Israelis when the act is defined by the court as terrorism."
"Conviction rates for Palestinians tried in military courts run to 99.74 percent. In contrast, the conviction rate from 2005 to 2024 for Israelis tried for crimes committed in the West Bank is about 3 percent."
"I wasn't surprised, Arab lawmaker Aida Touma-Suleiman of the left-wing Hadash party said. She responded to the voting results by leaving the parliamentary chamber in disgust."
Israel's parliament celebrated the passing of a death penalty law that applies exclusively to Palestinians. This legislation allows military courts in the occupied West Bank to impose the death penalty for unlawful killings defined as terrorism. In contrast, Israeli citizens charged with similar offenses are tried in civilian courts, resulting in vastly different conviction rates. Rights groups describe this law as part of a broader pattern of legal measures that normalize apartheid-like discrimination against Palestinians, benefiting Israeli citizens. The international community has condemned the law, labeling it a potential war crime.
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