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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sam Kiley

Israel’s government votes 93-0 to back death penalty law for alleged Gaza terrorists

Israel’s parliament has voted to livestream special tribunals able to impose the death penalty on Gaza Palestinians for allegedly participating in “crimes against humanity”, using a legal framework last used to execute Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in 1962.

The Knesset voted 93-0 out of 120 parliamentarians for the new tribunals in the latest part of a legislative package that mandates capital punishment for Palestinians but not Israelis.

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