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Israel's death penalty law has little to do with criminal justice and everything to do with ethno-nationalism
1+ week, 3+ day ago (840+ words) Arie Perliger, UMass Lowell (THE CONVERSATION) In its nearly 80-year history, the state of Israel has carried out only one court-sanctioned execution: Adolf Eichmann, a principal architect of the Nazi holocaust. But under a law passed by the Israeli parliament…...
Israel's parliament approves the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis
2+ week, 3+ day ago (803+ words) The passage of the bill marked the culmination of a yearslong drive by the far-right to escalate punishment for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic offenses against Israelis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to the Knesset to vote for the bill in…...
Israel punishes a military unit that assaulted a CNN crew in the West Bank
2+ week, 4+ day ago (363+ words) The army announced Monday it was suspending the Netzah Yehuda battalion after soldiers were filmed assaulting the CNN crew last week. Netzah Yehuda is a unit of ultra-Orthodox soldiers that has been linked to abuses of Palestinian civilians in the…...