ALWAGHT- Palestinian resistance factions denounced Israel’s proposed execution law as racist and fascist, designed to legalize the killing of Palestinian detainees.
Palestinian resistance factions condemned the Israeli Knesset’s first-reading approval of a bill allowing the execution of Palestinian detainees, calling it a “fascist crime” and an attempt to codify Israel’s system of killing. They argued that the move exposes the occupation’s reliance not only on land theft and military aggression but also on the systematic destruction of Palestinian life through its prison system.
The factions warned that the bill effectively provides a “green light” for intensified practices in Israeli prisons, including torture, starvation, humiliation, and medical neglect. They said military courts are being transformed into “legalized instruments of killing,” and criticized the international community’s silence as complicity in these crimes.
Individual groups elaborated on the threat: Hamas called it an attempt to legalize mass killings of prisoners, Islamic Jihad described it as a dangerous escalation within Israel’s ongoing campaign of genocide, and the PFLP labeled it a war crime targeting detainees, including minors and civilians.
The approval comes amid worsening conditions in Israeli detention facilities and the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Palestinian prisoners face torture, starvation, medical neglect, sexual violence, enforced disappearances, and reports of organ removal, according to human rights groups. The bill, introduced by far-right lawmaker Limor Son Har-Melech, passed the first reading 36 to 15 and now moves to parliamentary committees for further consideration.
