Israel approves law providing for death penalty for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks

Israel increases security in East Jerusalem after attack on a Synagogue Israel approved a law that provides for the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks this Monday (30). ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp With the decision, taken by the Israeli Parliament, the sentence will now be standard in trials in military courts for cases classified as “acts of terrorism”. One of the main campaign promises of far-right politicians, the bill passed with 62 votes in favor and 48 against, driven by the far-right Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voted in favor. After approval, human rights groups from Israel and European countries condemned the proposal. An Israeli group announced that it has filed a petition with the country’s Supreme Court. “The Association for Civil Rights in Israel today filed a petition with the Supreme Court of Justice, demanding the annulment of the Death Penalty for Terrorists Law, enacted by the Knesset today, March 30, 2026,” the group said. The Palestinian Authority criticized the law and said it “seeks to legitimize extrajudicial killings.” Human rights groups challenge Israel Far-right activists protest outside Sde Teiman prison, in Israel, against the detention of five soldiers accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian prisoner, on July 29, 2024 Jill Gralow/File At the beginning of the month, another decision taken by Israel was challenged by human rights groups. On the 12th, the Israeli military announced that it had dropped charges against five soldiers accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee, in an attack that was reportedly partially filmed. The decision ended a case that has deeply divided the country since the arrest of the soldiers in July 2024, following the episode that took place in the notorious Sde Teiman military prison. The detention of the Israeli soldiers provoked the anger of far-right government members and radical ultranationalists, who violently stormed the prison in protest. Sde Teiman was created after October 7, 2023, near Beersheba in the Negev Desert, to house Palestinians detained in Gaza during Israel’s war against the militant group Hamas. The secret facility quickly gained notoriety as staff and Palestinians released from detention described scenes of abuse and torture. These allegations gained traction after the Israeli press aired a leaked video showing soldiers sexually assaulting a Palestinian prisoner. The soldiers were accused of dragging the Palestinian across the ground, electrocuting him with a stun gun and sexually assaulting him, stabbing him in the rectum and causing him multiple injuries, according to the indictment. He was taken to an Israeli hospital with fractured ribs and blunt force trauma to his abdomen and chest, and underwent surgery to treat a rectal perforation before being returned to prison.

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