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Knesset Condemns Palestinian Prisoners to Death
- CrossFireArabia
- March 30, 2026
Israel’s Knesset voted Monday evening to pass a law to allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners, in a move that has triggered outrage from human rights groups.
A contentious bill, introduced by the far-right Jewish Power party led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, was approved in second and third readings in the Knesset by 62-48 votes.
According to Israeli media, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voted in favor of the bill.
The bill passed its first reading in November.
What does the bill propose?
The law would permit Israeli courts to impose the death penalty on individuals convicted of carrying out deadly attacks. Supporters argue the measure is aimed at deterrence and combating what they describe as “terrorism.”
However, critics say the bill’s scope would, in practice, apply almost exclusively to Palestinian prisoners, raising concerns over discriminatory enforcement.
Controversy in Israel
Before its passage, Israeli opposition lawmakers and rights groups have warned that the bill introduces a legal framework that could institutionalize unequal treatment.
Ofer Cassif, a Knesset member from the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, called the proposal “legislation for genocide,” arguing it targets Palestinians specifically.
“The death penalty, beyond being state-sanctioned killing, corrupts society and entrenches extremism,” he said during a parliamentary debate.
Sameer Bin Said of the Hadash-Ta’al alliance also opposed the bill, warning that capital punishment is irreversible and carries risks of judicial error.
The law “raises serious concerns regarding its discriminatory nature and does not provide a real solution, but may instead contribute to further complicating the existing situation,” Bin Said added.
He said Arab lawmakers and opposition members who oppose this law “will turn to the Supreme Court to challenge it, in a step aimed at safeguarding fundamental values and protecting human rights.”
The debate comes amid heightened tensions and scrutiny over Israel’s treatment of Palestinian detainees.
According to Palestinian figures, more than 9,300 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli prisons, including women and minors. Numerous deaths were reported among Palestinians in Israeli custody due to torture, starvation, and medical neglect, according to human rights groups. Anadolu
Palestinians Hold On Their Land
- CrossFireArabia
- March 30, 2026
On 30 March 1976, Israeli police killed six Palestinian citizens of Israel as they were protesting Israel’s expropriation of thousands of dunums of Palestinian land in the Galilee. Despite the Israeli attempt to displace, dispossess and dominate Palestinian citizens of Israel in the newly established state under an 18-year brutal military rule and the following attempts at Judaizing the Galilee and confronting its “radicalized Arabs”, the 1976 protests constituted mass collective action among Palestinian citizens of Israel, embodying the weariless steadfastness and resistance of the Palestinian people against the Israeli settler-colonial regime and affirming the inseparability of the Palestinian people as a whole despite Israeli attempts to systematically fragment them as part of its apartheid regime.
Since then, the 30th of March has been marked as Land Day, a central date in the Palestinian collective memory. The memory of the 1976 land dispossessions and the brutality of the Israeli response to Palestinian resistance echoes the Palestinian reality before and after that date. Since the inauguration of the Zionist settler-colonial project about a century ago, the Palestinian people have endured and resisted a ruthless project that aims at dominating the whole land of historic Palestine with the least Palestinian indigenous population as possible.
Poll: 30% of Young Israelis Want to Leave
- CrossFireArabia
- March 29, 2026
A new poll released Sunday revealed that 57 percent of young Israelis feel uncertain about their future, while 30 percent are considering leaving the country due to the potential repercussions of a war with Iran.
The poll was conducted by the Israeli NGO Aluma, which provides support to young people, according to the Hebrew news site Walla.
According to the poll results, approximately 30 percent of young people have considered or are considering leaving Israel because of the potential repercussions of a war.
57 percent of young Israelis said they feel uncertain about their future in Israel.
64 percent of the young people surveyed reported that their educational programs have been affected or disrupted by the war.
About 25 percent said they are very worried about their financial situation because of the war.
74 percent of the young people surveyed asserted that they feel “the state doesn’t see them and doesn’t care about their future at all.”
The website did not specify when the poll was conducted or the number of participants.
Since February 28, Israel and the United States have been waging a military offensive against Iran, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of people, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Tehran has responded by launching missiles and drones toward Israel.
Iran has also targeted what it describes as American interests in Arab countries, causing deaths and injuries and damaging civilian infrastructure. These attacks have been condemned by the targeted countries. Anadolu