The United Nations human rights chief is urging Israel to repeal its new "deeply discriminatory" death penalty law, warning that using it to execute Palestinian residents of the West Bank would amount to a war crime.

Israel's parliament on Monday passed legislation legalizing the death penalty as a punishment for Palestinians convicted of terror attacks.

GINEVRA, 31 MAR - L'Alto Commissario delle Nazioni Unite per i diritti umani ha duramente criticato l'approvazione da parte del parlamento israeliano di una nuova legge sulla pena…

GINEVRA, 31 MAR - L'Alto Commissario delle Nazioni Unite per i diritti umani ha duramente criticato l'approvazione da parte del parlamento israeliano di una nuova legge sulla pena…

Israel’s parliament has passed a law imposing the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of fatal attacks – a measure sharply criticised as discriminatory by European countries…

The United Nations human rights chief is urging Israel to repeal its new "deeply discriminatory" death penalty law, warning that using it to execute Palestinian residents of the…