00:03Israel's parliament on Monday passed a law making the death penalty the default sentence
00:08for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks in military courts.
00:12The move fulfills a pledge by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right allies.
00:16Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gavir promoted the measure.
00:24From today onward, every terrorist shall know and the whole world shall know
00:28he who takes life, the state of Israel will take his life.
00:34This justice needs to be seen and done and starting tomorrow morning,
00:38with the help of the blessed God, it will be done.
00:44Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, meanwhile, condemned the legislation,
00:48saying it's a breach of international law and a doomed bid meant to intimidate Palestinians.
00:53The measure has drawn international criticism of Israel,
00:56which is already under scrutiny for increasing violence by Jewish settlers
01:00against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
01:03It includes provisions requiring an execution by hanging within 90 days of sentencing,
01:08with some allowance for delay, but no right to clemency.
01:12Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad called on Palestinians
01:16to launch attacks in revenge for the law.
01:19Israel abolished the death penalty for murder in 1954.
01:22The only person ever executed in Israel after a civilian trial
01:26was Adolf Eichmann in 1962.
01:29Eichmann was an architect of the Nazi Holocaust.
01:32According to Amnesty International,
01:35some 54 countries around the world permit the death penalty,
01:38including a handful of democracies such as the United States and Japan.
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