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Israel’s government votes 93-0 to back death penalty law for alleged Gaza terrorists

The Independent·Sam Kiley·20 days ago
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Israel ’s parliament has voted to livestream special tribunals able to impose the death penalty on Gazan Palestinians for allegedly participating in "crimes against humanity”, using a legal framework last used to execute Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in 1962. The Knesset voted 93-0 out of 120 parliamentarians for the new tribunals in the latest part of a legislative package that mandates capital punishment for Palestinians but not Israelis . On March 30, the Knesset passed legislation requiring all Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis in nationalist acts or terror to be hanged. This applies to ethnic Palestinians who have Israeli passports and all residents of the West Bank but not to ethnic Jews in either region. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem on February 25, 2026 (AFP/Getty) At least 1,000 Gazans are currently held in administrative detention as ‘unlawful combatants” in Israel.…

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