Palestinian Prisoners Death Penalty Law on Knesset Voting Table Today

SadaNews: Yisrael Hayom reported that the Knesset is voting today on the first reading of a bill to impose the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners.

According to Israeli media, the explanatory memorandum of the bill states that fighters "who are convicted of murder for national motives, in circumstances indicating that the act was committed with the intent to harm the State of Israel, shall be sentenced to death mandatorily, not optionally, and not at the discretion of the judge. Rather, it is a mandatory penalty."

The bill also stipulates an amendment to the existing law so that the death penalty can be imposed by a majority opinion of the judges, and the sentence of death cannot be reduced for anyone who has been sentenced to death.

Yisrael Hayom stated that Rabbi Dov Lando has asked the Haredi parties to vote against the death penalty law for Palestinian prisoners.