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Israel’s parliament passes death penalty bill targeting Palestinians

· By Al Jazeera Staff
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Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has passed a controversial bill that will instruct military courts to impose the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis in acts of “terror”, but will not impose the same penalty on Jewish Israelis convicted of kiling Palestinians.

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