Israel mandates death penalty for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks
→Military courts must impose executions within the statute's 90‑day window
Change
Israel's Knesset approved a law requiring Palestinians convicted by Israeli military courts of deadly attacks to be executed by hanging within 90 days of conviction, with a possible postponement up to 180 days.
Why it matters
The statute makes death the presumptive sentence for Palestinians convicted in Israeli military courts of deadly attacks judged to be 'acts of terrorism'. The law permits application to Jewish Israelis only where an attack was intended to 'negate the existence of the state of Israel', and UN human rights officials have called the measure discriminatory and said its application would 'constitute a war crime'.
Implications
- — Military judges in Israeli military courts must sentence qualifying convicted Palestinians to death and issue execution orders consistent with the law's 90‑day execution window — failing to apply the statute would contravene enacted law.
- — Israel Prison Service custody and execution teams must prepare to carry out hangings within the 90‑day statutory period or the permitted 180‑day postponement — failure to meet the statutory timetable risks legal and administrative non‑compliance under the new law.
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