Israel’s parliament passed a law on Monday making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, fulfilling a pledge by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right allies.
The law would only apply to Israelis convicted of murder whose attacks aimed at “ending Israel’s existence”, meaning it would mete out the death penalty for Palestinians bu...
This law, which has raised concerns among Israel's Western allies, is a significant step in Israel's hardline approach towards Palestinians and can be seen as part of the broader context of increasing violence by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Israel's ongoing conflict with Gaza. The law, however, should be analyzed within the political landscape of Israel, where Netanyahu's nationalist-religious coalition is seeking to appease its far-right supporters while d...