Israeli parliament approves the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis
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The Israeli parliament approved a law on Monday that allows for the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis. Spearheaded by far-right politicians, the law makes death by hanging the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted of nationalistic killings. It also grants Israeli courts the authority to impose the death penalty or life imprisonment on its own citizens. The law is not retroactive and applies only to future cases. The legislation has been condemned by Israeli and Palestinian rights groups as racist and unlikely to deter attacks. The Association of Civil Rights in Israel has already petitioned Israel’s highest court challenging the law.
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AI-ExtractedFrom today, every terrorist will know, and the whole world will know, that whoever takes a life, the State of Israel will take their life.
The Association of Civil Rights in Israel petitioned Israel’s highest court challenging the law.
The law also gives Israeli courts the authority to impose either the death penalty or life imprisonment on its own citizens.
The law makes the death penalty the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted for nationalistic killings.
Israeli parliament approved the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis.
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