EU/Israel: Adoption of death penalty law by the Israeli Knesset requires urgent EU measures – Joint statement

As humanitarian and human rights organisations that have worked for years in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, we are appalled by the Israeli Knesset’s decision to approve a bill that makes death penalty effectively mandatory in the West Bank and which will de facto apply exclusively to Palestinians. On 30 March, the Knesset approved […] The post EU/Israel: Adoption of death penalty law by the Israeli Knesset requires urgent EU measures – Joint statement appeared first on Amnesty International .