Indonesia calls Israel’s death penalty law ‘grave violation’ of human rights

Indonesia calls Israel’s death penalty law ‘grave violation’ of human rights

Under the law Palestinians convicted of carrying out attacks classified as 'terrorism' will face a mandatory death sentence.

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Indonesia urged Israel to revoke the law and reaffirmed its full support for the Palestinian people’s struggle for independence. (EPA Images pic)
JAKARTA:
Indonesia has criticised Israel’s approval of a death penalty bill applicable to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank as a “grave violation of international human rights and humanitarian law”.

Under the law, passed in parliament on Monday, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank convicted by military courts of carrying out deadly attacks classified as “terrorism” will face the death penalty as a default sentence.

It has been criticised by the United Nations and European Union, while the United States came out in support of “Israel’s sovereign right to determine its own laws”.

In a statement published on X on Wednesday, Indonesia’s foreign ministry urged Israel to revoke the law and reaffirmed “its full support for the struggle of the Palestinian people to achieve independence”.

Indonesia has lost three peacekeepers in recent days during fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah in Lebanon, part of the conflict across the Middle East sparked by US-Israeli attacks on Iran over a month ago.

“Indonesia also calls on the international community, in particular the United Nations, to take firm measures to ensure accountability and protection for the Palestinian people,” Jakarta said.

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