{"id":367763,"date":"2026-03-31T15:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/367763\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:47:07","slug":"eu-says-israels-plans-to-introduce-death-penalty-law-for-palestinians-very-concerning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/367763\/","title":{"rendered":"EU says Israel&#8217;s plans to introduce death penalty law for Palestinians &#8216;very concerning&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2060Israel&#8217;s decision \u200bto pass a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/law\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">law<\/a> making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/middle-east\/20260330-israel-legalises-death-penalty-for-palestinians-convicted-of-murdering-israelis\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">death \u200bby hanging a default sentence<\/a> for Palestinians convicted in military courts \u200bof \u200cdeadly attacks is &#8220;very \u2060concerning&#8221; for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/european-union\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">European Union<\/a>, said \u200ca Commission spokesperson on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is \u2060a clear step backwards,&#8221; added the spokesperson at a \u200bnews briefing. &#8220;We call Israel \u200cto abide by its previous principled position, its obligation under international \u200claw and its commitment to democratic \u200bprinciples,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added he had no speculation to make regarding \u200bany steps that could be \u200btaken by the \u200bEU Commission over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Israel<\/a>&#8216;s move.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Israel&#8217;s \u200bparliament making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly \u2060attacks, fulfilling a pledge by Prime \u2060Minister Benjamin \u200bNetanyahu&#8217;s far-right allies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/spain\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spain<\/a>&#8216;s Prime Minister Pedro \u2060Sanchez on Tuesday condemned the measure \u200bas a &#8220;step towards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/apartheid\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">apartheid<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is an asymmetrical measure that would not apply to Israelis committing \u200bthe same \u200ccrimes. Same crime, different punishment. It&#8217;s another step towards \u2060apartheid. The world cannot stay silent,&#8221; Sanchez, one of the most vocal supporters of Palestinians among \u200cWestern leaders, wrote on X on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Apartheid was the system \u2060of racial segregation enforced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/south-africa\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">South Africa<\/a>&#8216;s white minority governments in the second half of last century.<\/p>\n<p>Spain has been embroiled in \u200ba diplomatic standoff with Israel since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/madrid\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Madrid<\/a>&#8216;s sharp criticism \u200cof the Israeli government during the 2023-25 Gaza war, which it labelled as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/genocide\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">genocide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s officials have called Spain&#8217;s stance antisemitic on several occasions.<\/p>\n<p>The rift worsened \u200cthis month after Spain&#8217;s opposition to the US-Israel attacks on Iran, leading Madrid to permanently withdraw its \u200bambassador to Israel on March 11.<\/p>\n<p>(FRANCE 24 with Reuters)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2060Israel&#8217;s decision \u200bto pass a law making death \u200bby hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1685,2226,170,85,46,47,43,443],"class_list":{"0":"post-367763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-european-union","9":"tag-france","10":"tag-germany","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-middle-east","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-uk"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}