Human rights groups condemned a new Israeli law targeting Palestinian prisoners with the death penalty as a possible war crime and “deeply discriminatory.’ Meanwhile, Israeli ministers celebrated the law's passage with champagne on the Knesset floor.

https://mondoweiss.net/2026/03/war-crime-global-condemnation-as-israeli-ministers-celebrate-death-penalty-law-targeting-palestinian-prisoners/

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‘War crime’: Global condemnation as Israeli ministers celebrate death penalty law targeting Palestinian

Human rights groups condemned a new Israeli law targeting Palestinian prisoners with the death penalty as a possible war crime and “deeply discriminatory.’ Meanwhile, Israeli ministers celebrated the law’s passage with champagne on the Knesset floor.

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@mondoweiss That's not a "possible" war crime; that's a literal war crime. POWs cannot be executed.