Anonymous4 days ago
Israel's Knesset voted 62–48 on March 30, 2026 to make death by hanging the default punishment for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank convicted of fatal attacks classified as terrorism, the country's most significant expansion of capital punishment since its founding. The law creates a dual-track system in which military courts must impose mandatory death sentences on Palestinians while civilian courts retain discretion for Israeli citizens, drawing condemnation from the UN, major European governments, and human rights organizations who call it discriminatory and a violation of international humanitarian law.