EU, Spain and Germany, as well as rights groups, condemn law to execute Palestinian convicted terrorists
A vote in the Israeli Knesset approving a bill sanctioning the execution of Palestinians convicted on terror charges for deadly attacks, but not Jewish extremists accused of similar crimes, has been greeted with widespread international condemnation.
“The death penalty bill in Israel is very concerning to us in the EU,” the EU spokesperson Anouar El Anouni said in Brussels. “This is a clear step backwards – the introduction of the death penalty, together with the discriminatory nature of the law.
The Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, described the bill as “a step closer to apartheid”, joining rights groups and politicians in expressing his concern.
“It is an asymmetric measure that would not apply to Israelis who committed the same crimes. Same crime, different punishment. That is not justice. It is a step closer to apartheid,” Sánchez wrote on X.
