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law to impose the death penalty and conduct public trials for those involved in the unprecedented Hamas-led attacks and mass hostage-taking in Israel in October 2023
Israel approves law on public trials, death penalty for October 7 detainees Israeli legislators have approved a bill to establish a special tribunal with the power to impose the death penalty on Palestinians accused
Israel’s history. The remaining 27 lawmakers were absent or abstained from voting. The bill is separate from a [law passed in March](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/30/israel-passes-law-death-penalty-palestinian-convicted-terrorists) that approved use of the death penalty for Palestinians
2023, amid reports of a severe deterioration in detention conditions. But now the fear is that Israel will attempt to execute Palestinian prisoners. The Israeli parliament passed a law on March 30 allowing the [death
death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis, a measure harshly condemned by the international community and rights groups as discriminatory and inhumane. That law applies to future cases and is not retroactive
death penalty law targeting Palestinians with noose-decorated cakes, or Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich can describe an Israeli government with Palestinian members as a thousand times worse than the Hamas-led attack of October
2023 while thousands more are missing and feared dead under the rubble. Israel has destroyed most of Gaza’s infrastructure, and a genocide case has been brought against it before the International Court of Justice
law and jurisdiction over settlement blocs, as well as over courts that try Palestinians. Recently, the parliament approved a measure making the death penalty the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis
law making the death penalty a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks [Oren Ben Hakoon/Reuters] “It would never occur to the police that they should provide a service to Arab
2023](/news/2024/1/21/hamas-says-october-7-attack-was-a-necessary-step-admits-to-some-faults), attacks face publicly broadcast “show trials” and the death penalty. The proposed bill, which has gained rare bipartisan support from both the governing coalition and the opposition, recently entered the parliament, known
death penalty law](/news/2026/3/30/israel-passes-discriminatory-death-penalty-bill-targeting-palestinians) for Palestinians convicted of deadly acts of “terrorism” in the West Bank came into effect on Sunday night after the Israeli military’s Central Command chief Avi Bluth signed the necessary
death penalty bill](/news/2026/3/30/israel-passes-discriminatory-death-penalty-bill-targeting-palestinians) for Palestinian prisoners. ## Killings, road blockades, land seizures across West Bank The violence in the occupied West Bank continued unabated this week. According to reports from Palestinian activist networks, on April
2023, when Israel launched its brutal assault on the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 72,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians. But the modern flotilla movement goes back further than this. It emerged
2023, and has called for access to detainees and information about their whereabouts. For survivors and lawyers, the logic is cruelly circular. Palestinians are asked to prove what happened inside closed facilities, while the institutions
Israel’s Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin agreed to the Oslo Accords, a series of agreements with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which the world hoped was a path towards a two-state solution
2023, according to Gaza health authorities, while more than 800 have been killed since Israel agreed to a “ceasefire” in October last year. International activists said the flotillas are intended to deliver aid and draw