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„Israeli authorities must urgently repeal legislative amendments expanding Israel’s use of the death penalty, adopted today with a majority of 62 Knesset members, said Amnesty international.“

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/03/israel-opt-newly-adopted-death-penalty-law-must-be-repealed/

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Israel passes death penalty bill for Palestinians

The Knesset passes a highly discriminatory law

March 2026

The Israeli Knesset has just passed by a majority of 62 a bill which will allow the executions of Palestinians convicted of fatal attacks in the West Bank. The executions will take place by hanging and do so it is planned, 90 days after conviction or in some cases 180 days. The law is nakedly discriminatory and is a piece with the apartheid policy which exists in the country. No appeals will be allowed and legal contact with the convicted person is via video link only. The Knesset erupted into loud cheers and Ben Gvir was seen waving a champagne bottle in celebration. An illustration of the lapel badge he wears is below.

It has brought a wide range of condemnation from around the world. It will do nothing for Israel’s somewhat battered reputation internationally. A statement by Amnesty International said:

‘Today, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, adopted the first in what threatens to be a series of laws facilitating the use of the death penalty, in a public display of cruelty, discrimination and utter contempt for human rights. The amendment added to Israel’s Penal Law, known as the ‘Death Penalty for Terrorists’, expands the scope and facilitates the use of capital punishment, at a time when there is a global trend towards abolishing it. It also dismantles fundamental safeguards to prevent the arbitrary deprivation of life and protect the right to a fair trial, and further empowers Israel’s system of apartheid, which is maintained by scores of discriminatory laws against Palestinians.’ Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s Senior Director of Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns.

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society called it a ‘historic escalation – a new phase of openly sanctioned [and] politically motivated executions of Palestinian prisoners’.

Torture and mistreatment

A particular problem is that Palestinians are imprisoned and subject to considerable mistreatment. This can include starvation, physical assaults of various kinds and lack of medical attention. The Times of Israel among others have reported on the inhuman conditions. Testimony and confessions therefore, produced under this system of abuse and torture, will have little credence. Some of the descriptions are horrific and there is a WARNING about the following link.

The problem here is that violence begets violence. An almost ceaseless tide of violence in Gaza, southern Lebanon, parts of Syria, the West Bank and now Iran, has bred into the society that yet more violence is the answer to the security of the state.

Large numbers of British MPs from all parties are members of the Friends of Israel groups, funded by the Israeli government, including the Trade Minister, Peter Kyle. The Salisbury MP, Mr John Glen is a member of this lobby group.

Amnesty is opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances. Mistakes cannot afterwards be corrected. It is not a deterrent and it imposes huge stresses on those who carry out the punishment. The local group publishes a report each month on its use around the world.

Sources: Times of Israel, BBC, Guardian, Palestine Prisoner’s Society, Al Jazeera

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GENÈVE (ANP) - De VN-mensenrechtenchef Volker Türk roept Israël op om de nieuwe doodstrafwet in te trekken. Hij noemt de wet in strijd met de internationale mensenrechten en de toepassing ervan een oorlogsmisdaad.
Het Israëlische parlement nam maandag de omstreden wet aan, waarmee Palestijnen die een moord plegen met een terroristisch motief de doodstraf riskeren. Türk noemt de wet "duidelijk in strijd" met het internationaal recht.
Het VN-mensenrechtenkantoor noemt de Israëlische wet in strijd met het internationaal recht, omdat de doodstraf binnen negentig dagen moet worden uitgevoerd, en de wet geen mogelijkheid tot gratieverlening biedt.
Als de doodstraf daadwerkelijk ten uitvoer wordt gebracht op Palestijnen is dat "een oorlogsmisdaad", zegt Türk.

https://www.welingelichtekringen.nl/samenleving/vn-mensenrechtenchef-wil-dat-israel-doodstrafwet-intrekt

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I was curious so I did some online research, with some surprise findings!

Click Link to see what I found and which country has the lowest and the highest support in polls for capital punishment.

Maybe have a guess before you click...

https://open.substack.com/pub/zylew/p/death-penalty-support-compared-across?r=1gd0ll&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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These guys trying hard to be honorary Aryans...

(I asked B.M. to provide the source, and he sent me the Knesset vote minutes (in Hebrew, but you can machine translate it if you really don't believe me)).

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Israeli International Law Scholars on Israel’s New Death Penalty Law

Along with a group of other Israeli international law scholars, we have written this statement c…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/461609/