An Israeli parliamentary committee has advanced a bill to allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners.

Under the bill, judges would be able to impose the death penalty on Palestinians who kill Israelis based on so-called “nationalistic” motives.

The law would not apply to Israelis who kill Palestinians under similar circumstances.

The bill - introduced by Limor Son Har-Melech, a lawmaker from Itamar Ben Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit party - was approved on Sunday by the Knesset’s National Security Committee, with four lawmakers voting in favour and one against.

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    5 days ago

    Except it’s illegal to prove your Jewishness based on genetics in Israel. DNA tests are highly regulated and only medical and/or court order approved.

    Probably because it’d reveal that Palestinians are just as semites as the Jews that lived in these lands before.