Death penalty by hanging for Palestinians

For the Palestinians of 1948, who live on Israeli territory, the death penalty applies when the murder is committed with “the intention of denying the existence of the state of Israel”. In the occupied West Bank, it applies even more broadly: “any resident who intentionally causes the death of a person in the context of a terrorist act shall be liable to the death penalty.”

A racist, apartheid law, contrary to international conventions, which provides for a wider application of the death penalty than in any other country. With the support of the United States. And the purely verbal disapproval of the Council of Europe and the French state. The absence of a sanction is tantamount to complicity.

Translated by International Viewpoint from l’Anticapitaliste.