"These amendments mean that the most extreme and irrevocable punishment is being reserved for, and weaponised against, Palestinians, it said. If adopted, these bills would distance Israel from the vast majority of states which have rejected the death penalty in law or in practice, while further entrenching its cruel system of apartheid against all Palestinians whose rights Israel controls. Israeli authorities have defended the measures, which are moving to committee stages for debate, as a necessary deterrent against deadly attacks."
"Amnesty International says legislation would mean punishment is being reserved for, and weaponised against, Palestinians'. Amnesty International has called on Israel to abandon legislation that would expand the use of the death penalty, warning that the measures would violate international law and further entrench Israel's apartheid system against Palestinians. In a statement on Tuesday, the human rights group said two bills under discussion in the Knesset would mark a major reversal of Israel's longstanding opposition to capital punishment and would disproportionately target Palestinians."
Proposed legislation in the Knesset would expand Israel's use of the death penalty and is framed as a deterrent against deadly attacks. The measures are championed by far-right figures and would reverse Israel's longstanding resistance to executions for ordinary crimes. Human rights experts warn the bills would disproportionately target Palestinians and be applied in ways that violate international legal norms. The proposals occur amid intense military action in Gaza and rising settler and military violence in the occupied West Bank. Israel abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1954 and has not executed anyone since 1962.
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