Death by hanging: Inside Israel’s new laws for Palestinians
Palestinians fear being executed without due process after Israel passed a law mandating the death penalty for those convicted of terrorism in military court.
Israel has passed a new law allowing for the execution of Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks.
The law passed through the country’s parliament despite opposition from Israeli and international human rights groups, as well as the governments of Britain, Germany, France and Italy.
Israel’s national doctors’ union has refused to carry out lethal injections, meaning those sentenced under the law would face death by hanging.
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The government says the law will deter future Palestinian attacks. As it was debated in parliament, some right-wing Israeli politicians wore noose-shaped pins.
Today, Israeli journalist Amira Hass, who lives in the West Bank and writes for Haaretz, on capital punishment, settler violence and the expansion of settlements in Palestine.
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