Gaza Herald – Israel has taken a major step toward legalizing the execution of Palestinian prisoners, as the Knesset’s National Security Committee approved the bill and forwarded it to the General Assembly for final debate and vote.
The legislation, pushed by far-right ministers, specifically targets Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, and is widely seen as part of Israel’s ongoing genocide and attempts to break Palestinian resistance through intimidation and state-sanctioned killing.
Human rights groups warn that the law violates international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions, which require equal legal protections for prisoners of war.
They also note that Israel already subjects Palestinian detainees to torture, forced disappearance, administrative detention without charge, and mass arrests, and that introducing the death penalty would formalize a policy of execution that, in many cases, is already carried out in the field.
The move comes as Israel continues its deadly campaign in Gaza and escalates repression across the West Bank and Jerusalem, underscoring what observers describe as a shift toward openly apartheid, fascist governance.
