The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society has called for international intervention to prevent Israel from executing Palestinian prisoners.
Al Jazeera reported on Thursday, August 20, that the call comes as Israel is establishing legal mechanisms to carry out death sentences against prisoners.
According to the report, Society chief Abdullah al-Zaghari said the development turns years of Israeli rhetoric and legislation into concrete steps toward carrying out executions, warning of serious consequences.
The Israeli parliament passed a law in March making the death penalty mandatory for Palestinians convicted of murder in military courts.
Al-Zaghari added that Israel is holding more than 9,400 Palestinian prisoners, including women and children, in its detention facilities.
However, Israel has carried out the death penalty only once in its history, when Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi official, was executed in 1962.
