Israel’s Death Penalty for Palestinians moves closer
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Israeli politicians’ proposal to introduce death by hanging for Palestinians only could be approved as early as next week!
As the The Guardian also reports “Under the proposals, those sentenced to death would be held in a separate facility with no visits except from authorised personnel, with legal consultations conducted only by video link. Executions would be carried out within 90 days of sentencing.” There would also be no or very limited appeals and this is within a context where convictions in Israel’s military courts (where only Palestinians are tried) is over 99%.
It is so appalling that even Netanyahu and Israeli military leaders are concerned but so far it has passed one reading in the Knesset (Israel’s Parliament) and has now been approved by the National Security and is likely to be put to the Knesset for 2nd AND 3rd readings next week.
We ask you to write to your MP asking them to take whatever action they can. At the end of the article is a letter drafted by Hastings Jews for Justice which you may find helpful.
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This article was originally published by The New Arab on Tue 24 Mar 2026. Read the original here.
Israel advances death penalty bill for Palestinians ahead of final vote
The legislation aims to execute Palestinian prisoners convicted of terror offences while exempting Jewish Israelis.
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This is from the murderous, torturing, genocidal, itself terrorist state of Israel, which is slyly supported by our hypocritical, zionist, worse than useless rulers.
will send to my MP(southampton Test)
Getting hanged for having thrown a stone.
Utter silence and factual complicity of governments worldwide, undermining international law and neglecting common decency provided Israel impunity and the assurance it can really do whatever it wants: use any means to rid itself of Palestinians and anyone standing in the way of Greater Israel and to make it even ‘lawful’. Laws do not reflect justice per se.
This Zionist hunger for Lebensraum, the shameless, wreckless stilling of it, all that psychopathic violence, its leaving the path, the essence of being simply human, sharing the gifts of life, is making me very sad and very angry.
It feels like too big to ever be put to rights by men. The UN is failing, Francesca Albanese’s voice a cry in the wilderness, Truth has become a crypto currency and God is probably regretting he ever made clay sit up