Human rights campaigners gathered in London on Friday for a panel titled “Together Against The Death Penalty”, where speakers criticised Israel’s death penalty law for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
Participants argued that the legislation raises serious concerns about equality before the law and the treatment of Palestinians under Israel’s legal system.
“The Israeli death penalty law is a sign of weakness rather than strength,” speakers at the event said.
Campaigners noted that the law, passed in March, allows military courts to impose capital punishment on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank convicted of killing Israelis.
Critics argued that the measure reinforces what they describe as a dual legal system, under which Palestinians are subject to military jurisdiction while Israeli citizens and residents remain under civilian law and are exempt from the legislation’s provisions.
“The Israeli death penalty law is a sign of weakness rather than strength.”
Human rights campaigners came together at the “Together Against The Death Penalty” panel in London on Friday to challenge Israel’s death penalty for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons pic.twitter.com/SecHkflrvN
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