Israel’s parliament has passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis. The bill’s passage marked the culmination of a years-long push by Israel’s far-right to escalate punishment for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic offences against Israelis. The law makes the death penalty, by hanging, the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted of nationalistic killings. The law also gives Israeli courts the authority to impose either the death penalty or life imprisonment on their own citizens. It is not retroactive and will apply only to future cases. The measure has been harshly condemned by Israeli and...
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