Arab Parliament Speaker Leads Campaign Against Israeli Death Penalty Law Targeting Palestinians

The Israeli Knesset's passage of a death-penalty law targeting Palestinian prisoners has sparked a wave of international condemnation and legal challenges.

“Mandatory hanging, executions in secret, no recourse: in Israel, a bill supported by the far right is moving rapidly through Parliament”

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Arab Parliament Speaker Mohammed Al-Yamahi is leading an urgent campaign to halt the Execution Law for Palestinian Prisoners.

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He warned that any international silence or inaction would constitute direct complicity in a fully-fledged crime.

Turkish President Erdogan condemned the law as apartheid and a fascist use of the law.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights stated the law violates international humanitarian law.

The law requires executions by hanging within 90 days, with no right to clemency.

Israeli legal experts widely expect the Supreme Court to strike down the law.

Mordechai Kremnitzer called it a clear case for the Supreme Court to strike it down.

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Human rights organizations argue the law violates the Fourth Geneva Convention.

B'Tselem notes the West Bank military courts have a 96% conviction rate.

The law's application in military courts has drawn particular criticism for institutionalizing racial discrimination.

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank expressed fears that imprisoned relatives could be executed without a fair trial.

“CAIRO, April 12, 2026 (WAFA) – Arab Parliament Speaker Mohammed Al-Yamahi is leading a broad and urgent international campaign at various parliamentary, human rights, and international levels to confront the so-called “Execution Law for Palestinian Prisoners” passed by the Israeli Knesset”

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Families organized protests calling for repeal of the death penalty law.

The law comes amid rising settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.

The expanded Israeli aggression has left thousands dead and displaced over a million Lebanese.

Erdogan described the network committing genocide that continues to kill innocent children, women, and civilians.