Israel votes for death penalty for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks

Were you? Because this is copy and paste what I said.

But nonsense claims about training dogs to rape are propagated by people in authority like Francesca Albanese. - a post denying sexual violence towards Palestinians from yesterday.

You are calling sexual violence towards Palestinians 'nonsense claims' that is denying sexual violence towards Palestinians which is what I said you did. Obviously you feel that you have your own reasons to deny sexual violence towards Palestinians, I'm not really interested in those.

Point to the bit where you were accused of 'denying that there could possibly have been any sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees'? You denied sexual violence towards Palestinians, I never said all or any. Own your words and stop accusing people of bollocks or at least have the manners to tag me so I can prove you wrong.

But then I've been accused of denying that there could possibly have been any sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees when I had said nothing of the sort and when my post is clearly visible for all to see.

So I'm sceptical as to what was said on a post that may never have existed.

I meant on here.

Amongst others Ben Gvir did
( see the news on the gang rape of a Palestinian detainee )

But then I've been accused of denying that there could possibly have been any sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees when I had said nothing of the sort and when my post is clearly visible for all to see.

So I'm sceptical as to what was said on a post that may never have existed.

Again, nobody has said that.

It existed just as @Ellen2shoes
has said
Aparently because Israel has a right to defend itself everything is fair game.

But then I've been accused of denying that there could possibly have been any sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees when I had said nothing of the sort and when my post is clearly visible for all to see.

So I'm sceptical as to what was said on a post that may never have existed.

A real low on a thread here was a poster very explicitly condoning the rape of Palestinian prisoners. The post was eventually removed and I’m assuming the poster has name changed. It stood for quite some time. Revolting.

Chilling is the right word to use.
12 year olds (especially those who have been traumatized and displaced multiple times) should never be executed under criminal responsibility. I teach that age and we all know how absolutely impulsive they are and their awareness of long term consequences.

Plus we know the IDF are liars. Like the two young brothers who they shot at the yellow line who were completely unarmed .(Note this was also justified by many posters on here)

A real low on a thread here was a poster very explicitly condoning the rape of Palestinian prisoners. The post was eventually removed and I’m assuming the poster has name changed. It stood for quite some time. Revolting.

That is chilling. I would hope, if the law gets through the supreme court, this would be amended. I don't think, even Israel, could weather the storm of executing children.

criminal responsibility at 12 years old
Anyone who works in the area of child development knows how messed up this is.

A real low on a thread here was a poster very explicitly condoning the rape of Palestinian prisoners. The post was eventually removed and I’m assuming the poster has name changed. It stood for quite some time. Revolting.

I recall many of those comments being said here
and if it’s being said it’s more of a worry what’s not being said.

Israel ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991.
The Convention could not be clearer: Article 37(a) explicitly prohibits the death penalty for offences committed by persons under 18.
Article 37(b) states that detention of children must be a last resort.

Article 40 guarantees fair trial rights for every child in conflict with the law.

Israel’s sustained response to these obligations has been to declare that the UNCRC does not apply to children in the occupied territories, a position the UN and international legal consensus firmly rejects
(TRT World, 2025; UN Special Procedures, 2025).

I recall many of those comments being said here
and if it’s being said it’s more of a worry what’s not being said.

Israel ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991.
The Convention could not be clearer: Article 37(a) explicitly prohibits the death penalty for offences committed by persons under 18.
Article 37(b) states that detention of children must be a last resort.

Article 40 guarantees fair trial rights for every child in conflict with the law.

Israel’s sustained response to these obligations has been to declare that the UNCRC does not apply to children in the occupied territories, a position the UN and international legal consensus firmly rejects
(TRT World, 2025; UN Special Procedures, 2025).

It's because of racism. Palestinians deserve it in their eyes, even children. We've seen people on here justify the killing of children, they crossed the yellow line, they threw stones stones are very dangerous, Palestinian children can be terrorists, if only Palestinians loved their children as much as they hate Jews, there is even some gross quote that is trotted out about how Israelis can't forgive 'Arabs' for forcing them to kill their children, they just don't have a choice in the matter 😢 .

The reaction to Israeli children being killed - bomb them, starve them, kill them, what else do they expect.

The reaction to Palestinian children being killed - that's very sad, I hope it is investigated by the perpetrators.

It's deeply embedded racism that is not going away any time soon.

That is absolutely chilling. Everyone is very quick to (rightly) criticise Iran for how they treat their people and for executing people on spurious charges, but a blind eye will be turned for Israel.

They are right to be concerned

Israel's death penalty does not protect children
There is no exemption for them
There is no suggestion even of clemency

Israel’s military courts set the minimum age of criminal responsibility at 12 years old. Palestinian children as young as 12 are already being tried in these courts,
already being convicted at a rate of 96%
Children are already signing confessions in Hebrew, a language many of them cannot read. Now, the state that presides over this system has granted itself the power to execute those its courts convict.

The law does not say “adults only.”

It does not say “over 18.”
It simply says Palestinians.

Lets not forget
children have been called terrorists for throwing stones !

They are right to be concerned

Israel's death penalty does not protect children
There is no exemption for them
There is no suggestion even of clemency

Israel’s military courts set the minimum age of criminal responsibility at 12 years old. Palestinian children as young as 12 are already being tried in these courts,
already being convicted at a rate of 96%
Children are already signing confessions in Hebrew, a language many of them cannot read. Now, the state that presides over this system has granted itself the power to execute those its courts convict.

The law does not say “adults only.”

It does not say “over 18.”
It simply says Palestinians.

Lets not forget
children have been called terrorists for throwing stones !

Thank you for this from Human Rights Watch. I hope people do read it in its entirety - I know some posters don’t do links - here is a paragraph from it:

We are also particularly alarmed by the potential implications for children, as this legislation does not include safeguards excluding children from its application. Israel is one of the few countriesin the world that systematically prosecutes children in military courts, and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has highlighted Israeli authorities’ “repeated denial of its legal obligations” and “complete disregard of [the Committee’s] recommendations…in relation to the arrest and detention of Palestinian children”. Even beforeOctober 2023, there were reports of Palestinian children in detention being beaten, starved, exposed to cold, denied medical care, and subjected to solitary confinement and sexual abuse. Child detention has risen dramatically since October 2023, and more children are being held in administrative detention without charge or trial. At the same time, Israeli authorities continue to restrict access for legal representatives and independent monitors, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, in violation of their legal obligations.

Yes and many of us have mentioned in the past that after reporting racist and dehumanising posts about Palestinians we've been told to challenge it in the thread and it wasn't deleted, doubtful this happens to other communities

Whatever makes you think I would want to justify myself to you. I don't.

Sorry, I really should stay on topic.

This is a really clear article about why it is discriminatory and why the UK government has an obligation to act.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/04/29/israels-discriminatory-death-penalty-law-requires-uk-action