The law makes the death penalty – by hanging – the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted for nationalistic killings. The law also gives Israeli courts the authority to impose either the death penalty or life imprisonment on its own citizens. The legislation calls for the death penalty to go into effect within 30 days. They say that it establishes a hierarchy between Israeli court systems in a way that will confine the death penalty to Palestinians convicted of murdering Jewish citizens of Israel. “It will apply in territories with military courts, which are Palestinian courts.

Source: Irish Independent March 31, 2026 13:55 UTC