Israel approves law on public trials, death penalty for October 7 detainees
Key takeaways
- Rights groups warn that the bill makes the death penalty easier to impose and strips fair trial protections.
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- The bill passed 93-0 in Israel’s 120-seat parliament, the Knesset, late on Monday.
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Rights groups warn that the bill makes the death penalty easier to impose and strips fair trial protections.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A demonstrator raises his hand, covered in red paint, as Israelis protest after the Knesset passed a law making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, in Jerusalem, March 31, 2026 [Ammar Awad/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff, AP and Reuters Published On 12 May 202612 May 2026Israeli legislators have approved a bill to establish a special tribunal with the power to impose the death penalty on Palestinians accused of involvement in the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023.
The bill passed 93-0 in Israel’s 120-seat parliament, the Knesset, late on Monday.