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Israel’s Knesset voted Monday evening to pass a law to allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners, in a move that has triggered outrage from human rights groups.
A contentious bill, introduced by the…
Category: 1. Israel
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How Israel’s death penalty law for Palestinian prisoners raises human rights concerns
Before its passage, Israeli opposition lawmakers and rights groups had warned that the bill introduces a legal framework that could institutionalise unequal treatment.
Ofer Cassif, a Knesset member from the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality,…
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In Netanyahu's Israel, not all Christians are created equal
While Israel says its Christians are safer than anywhere else in the Middle East, in practice their treatment increasingly depends on loyalty to the political agenda of Netanyahu and his far-right coalition
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The Blogs: When You Are at War with a State: Do You Treat the Entire Population as the Enemy? | Maoz Druskin
Every day in Israel, sirens interrupt ordinary life. Families stop what they are doing and run to bomb shelters.
The missiles being launched toward Israeli cities are not aimed at military bases. They are aimed broadly at civilian areas,…
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Iran says envoy will remain in Beirut despite Lebanon order to leave
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said its ambassador to Lebanon will remain in his post, effectively defying Beirut’s decision to declare him persona non grata. ‘Lebanon is in practise occupied by Iran,’ Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar said in response
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Donald Trump Hormuz, nuke decisions determine war’s end, Israel giving US Strait intelligence
Ending the IDF’s war on Iran may be delayed by a decision by US President Donald Trump on the issues of opening the Straits of Hormuz and the 60% enriched uranium potentially usable for nuclear weapons, which the Islamic Republic still possesses,…
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Iran blows hole in US aluminum supply chain with strikes on Gulf smelters
REUTERS — With attacks on the two biggest aluminum smelters in the Middle East over the weekend, Iran struck at major suppliers to the United States of a strategic metal that the world’s biggest economy does not produce nearly enough of…
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An in-depth look at Israel’s new death penalty law
Over the years, there have been several attempts to revive capital punishment in Israel, but they didn’t get very far. Until now. On Monday, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, passed the “Penal Bill (Amendment ― Death Penalty for Terrorists),”…
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Second time in an hour: Sirens sounding in central Israel and Samaria
Second time in an hour: Sirens sounding in central Israel and Samaria
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Israel’s parliament approves death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Parliament on Monday passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis.
The bill’s passage marked the culmination of a yearslong push by Israel’s far-right…
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