Israel Enacts Death Penalty for Palestinians, Igniting Global Outcry

Israel's Knesset passed a law making the death penalty the default sentence for West Bank Palestinians convicted of deadly terror attacks.

The law is designed to be exclusively applied to Palestinians tried in military courts.

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It mandates executions by hanging within 90 days with no right to appeal.

The law will not apply retroactively to the October 7 Hamas militants.

The law triggered widespread international condemnation as racist and discriminatory.

Four European foreign ministries warned about the de facto discriminatory character of the bill.

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UNRWA chief called it extraordinarily discriminatory.

Human Rights Watch said it entrenches discrimination and apartheid.

Palestinian leaders condemned the law as a mandate for state-sanctioned murder.

Rashida Tlaib called it the next step in the genocide of Palestinians.

The law enjoyed broad support among Jewish-Israeli voters.