On Monday, 30 March, a new law enabling the execution of Palestinians was passed in Israel\u2019s Knesset. The law, approved with 62 votes in favour\u2014including Netanyahu\u2019s\u2014and 48 against, represents not only a regression on the issue of the death penalty but is also an openly fascistic measure. It has been adopted in the context of the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people, which makes this law all the more abhorrent.<\/p>\n
Under this law, Palestinians convicted in military courts for deadly attacks deemed to have \u201cterrorist\u201d motives can be sentenced either to execution\u2014without the possibility of pardon, by hanging\u2014or to life imprisonment.<\/p>\n
This law has been passed in a country where no executions have taken place for more than 60 years. It effectively serves as a licence for harsher repression and intimidation of Palestinians. Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel\u2019s Minister of National Security and one of the main architects of the law, openly stated its intent: \u201cAnyone who kills Jews will no longer breathe.\u201d<\/em> As if the mass killing of Palestinians by the Israeli state were not enough, this law now adds the death penalty to the list of daily crimes committed against them.<\/p>\n Although the death penalty still exists in a number of countries despite a global movement against this inhumane punishment, it is unprecedented for a state to explicitly declare that execution applies only to one section of the population\u2014namely Palestinians.<\/p>\n The world must stand against this regression and this fascistic act of killing. The Worker-communist Party strongly condemns the Israeli government and calls on all governments, international bodies, labour organisations and human rights groups to oppose this clear act of barbarism and to put pressure on Israel to repeal this law.<\/p>\n Iranian political parties and organisations, civil groups and social and political activists\u2014both inside and outside the country\u2014are expected to firmly condemn the Israeli government and this criminal law. In Iran, a broad and powerful movement against the death penalty is already underway. It is essential that this movement, along with its organisations and activists, take a strong stand against executions in Israel and in defence of the oppressed Palestinian people, and condemn this law widely.<\/p>\n The global movement in defence of the Palestinian people must also actively express its outrage against this criminal law.<\/p>\n Worker-communist Party of Iran<\/strong>
\n31 March 2026<\/p>\nAI-assisted translation, from the original Farsi<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"