Entries tagged with “Itamar Ben-Gvir”

Apr 06, 2026

Israel Passes Mandatory Death Penalty for Palestinians Convicted of Terrorism, Flouting International Law and Drawing Widespread Condemnation

On March 30, 2026, law­mak­ers in Israel passed the Death Penalty for Terrorists Law by a vote of 62 to 48, mak­ing Israel one of few democ­ra­cies to expand cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment in recent years. The law man­dates death by hang­ing for offens­es clas­si­fied as​“ter­ror­ism relat­ed” — and as writ­ten, applies exclu­sive­ly to Palestinians. The new law also requires that sen­tences must be car­ried out with­in 90 days of a final rul­ing. UN experts have warned that under international…