"Palestinian prisoners in Israel already face horrific conditions, with a rights group documenting the deaths of at least 94 of them in the past two years, and the rape of prisoners caught on camera. The far-right Israeli minister responsible for prisons, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has proudly declared that conditions have gotten harsher for Palestinian prisoners under his watch. And in late October, he stood over Palestinian prisoners forced to lie face-down on the floor."
"In early November, the Israeli parliament passed the first reading of a bill that would introduce the death penalty for those convicted of killing Israelis if they had racist motives or were doing it with the aim of harming Israel. The bill clearly targets Palestinians, even as Israelis carry out deadly attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and Israel continues its killing of Palestinians in Gaza."
"Alarm is widespread among Palestinian lawyers and activists. They claim that the law fundamentally undermines judicial safeguards, and warn that it seeks to erase the status of Palestinian detainees as protected under international law. Under the draft legislation, Israeli courts both civil and military would gain expanded power to impose mandatory death sentences on Palestinians convicted of killing Israe"
Israeli legislation is advancing to introduce the death penalty for people convicted of killing Israelis who allegedly acted with racist motives or aimed to harm Israel. Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody face documented deaths, sexual violence captured on camera, and increasingly harsher conditions under the prisons minister. The draft bill would expand civil and military court powers to impose mandatory death sentences. Palestinians perceive the measure as targeting their struggle for freedom and self-determination and as formalising lethal punishment. The law would undermine judicial safeguards and erase detainees' protections under international law, intensifying alarm across the occupied territories.
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