Make no mistake, Israel's 'Death Penalty for Terrorists' Law is aimed at Palestinians

Make no mistake, Israel's 'Death Penalty for Terrorists' Law is aimed at Palestinians Submitted by Ralph Wilde on Wed, 07/15/2026 - 13:58 The adoption of this law is a flagrant breach of the rights of Palestinian people and violates fundamental rules of international law Israeli forces demolish the home of Palestinian resident Osama Masaaf in the village of Al-Deirat, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, 14 July 2026 (Mosab Shawer/JNA Press) On Israel now has two new capital criminal offences on its books, through the adoption of the "Death Penalty for Terrorists Law" (DPT). One offence exists in Israeli municipal law, applicable in the territory Israel claims (in certain respects erroneously and illegally as a matter of international law) to be its sovereign territory: the territory of Mandatory Palestine within the 1949 "Green Line" plus East Jerusalem, and the Syrian Golan Heights. Israeli municipal law can also be potentially enforced within this territorial space to cover acts performed outside it, notably the Palestinian Gaza Strip, and occupied parts of Lebanon and (in addition to the Golan Heights) Syria .