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International Outcry Grows Over Israel’s Biased Death Penalty Legislation

In a move that has sparked widespread condemnation, Israel’s legislative body recently approved a contentious bill allowing military courts to impose the death penalty on Palestinians who have committed acts of violence against Israelis. However, the law does not extend the same penalty to Jewish Israelis who have committed similar offenses against Palestinians. This disparity has drawn fierce criticism from the international community.

A joint statement from the foreign ministers of eight Muslim-majority nations – Pakistan, Turkiye, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates – has denounced the legislation as part of a broader pattern of discriminatory practices that perpetuate a system of apartheid and deny the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people in the occupied territories. The statement also expressed deep concern over the treatment of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody, citing reports of torture, malnutrition, and the denial of basic human rights.

The European Union and various European countries have also voiced their disapproval of the law, which rights groups have characterized as a key component of Israel’s apartheid system.

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