Rawhi Fattouh, chairman of the Palestinian National Council (PNC), criticized the initiative in a statement. The bill will be debated next week in the Knesset (Legislature) after being approved by the National Security Committee.

Fattouh noted that the legislation, which targets Palestinian prisoners, confirms the racist legal system of the far-right government that administers that country and represents a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.

The PNC chairman underscored that it reflects a vindictive tendency and the State terrorism practiced by Israel.

He stated that while the Government of that nation protects “settler terrorist groups involved in the murder of Palestinians and releases them despite their proven crimes, it proceeds to pass laws ordering the execution of prisoners of conscience who fight for the freedom of their people.”

Abdel Fattah Dawla, spokesperson for the governing Palestinian National Liberation Movement (FATAH), rejected the bill, arguing that it legalizes murder.

Dawla emphasized that the legislation establishes a legal system based on revenge outside the framework of justice, in clear violation of the principles of international humanitarian law.

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