Apartheid hangings: the horrific reality of the Israeli state must isolate it

Apartheid hangings: the horrific reality of the Israeli state must isolate it
ISRAEL’S adoption of a racist death penalty law, in which capital punishment only applies to Palestinians, is a watershed moment.The details are extraordinary. The law specifies that convictions only require a majority vote (not unanimity), that hanging will be the default sentence and that it must take place within 90 days of the final verdict — provisions designed to maximise the number of executions.In the occupied West Bank — currently suffering a wave of settler attacks on Palestinians — it will be applied by military courts with a 96 per cent conviction rate.





