Ramallah: Hussein Al-Sheikh, Vice President of the State of Palestine, strongly condemned the approval by the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, of a law imposing the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, Al-Sheikh described the legislation as a dangerous escalation, a blatant challenge to international humanitarian law and international legitimacy, and a racist measure. He also called on the international community to take action to protect Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons from the policies of the extremist Israeli government.
