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European nations criticise Israel’s death penalty plans

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 356 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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European nations criticise Israel’s death penalty plans France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom raise concern over ‘de facto discriminatory character of the bill.’ European countries have expressed “deep concern” over Israeli plans to extend the…

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What happened

European nations criticise Israel’s death penalty plans France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom raise concern over ‘de facto discriminatory character of the bill.’ European countries have expressed “deep concern” over Israeli plans to extend the…

Why it matters

In a statement shared by the German Federal Foreign Office on Sunday, the foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom expressed their “deep concern” over the bill, which could be voted into law next week.

Common ground

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom expressed their “deep concern” over the bill, which could be voted into law next week.”
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Wikipedia entries on France-Italy, Germany-Italy relations, and historical invasions do not reference foreign ministers' concerns about Israel's death penalty legislation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — International relations between France and Italy occur on diplomatic, political, military, economic, and cultural levels. They are both countries in Europe, and geographically border each other. Franc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France–Italy_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Germany and Italy maintain bilateral relations. Both countries are full members of the European Union, Council of Europe, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and NATO. Germany has an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany–Italy_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Italian invasion of France (10–25 June 1940), also called the Battle of the Alps, was the first major Italian engagement of World War II and the last major engagement of the Battle of France. The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_France
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Claim 2: “European countries have expressed “deep concern” over Israeli plans to extend the application of the death penalty in a bill that could disproportionately target Palestinians.”
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Wikipedia entries on Arab citizens of Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict lack direct mention of European nations' concerns about the death penalty bill.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Arab citizens of Israel form the country's largest ethnic minority. The base of these communities are the Arab, non-Jewish former Palestinian citizens (and their descendants) who continued to inha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_citizens_of_Israel
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict traces back to the late 19th century when Zionists sought to establish a homeland for the Jewish people in Ottoman-controlled Palestine, a region roughl…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel and the Palestinians are engaged in an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the territory of the former Mandatory Palestine. Key aspects of the confl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli–Palestinian_conflict
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Claim 3: “A dozen United Nations rights experts argued that the legislation would remove “judicial and prosecutorial discretion” and prevent courts from considering “individual circumstances, including mitigating factors, and from imposing a proportionate sentence that fits the crime”.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries about UN experts' arguments on judicial discretion and proportionality.
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Claim 4: “Amnesty International previously said the proposals, championed by government figures, including far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, would make the death penalty “another discriminatory tool in Israel’s system of apartheid”.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries about Amnesty International's February statement on the death penalty and apartheid.
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Claim 5: “European nations criticise Israel’s death penalty plans”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries that mention European nations criticizing Israel's death penalty plans.
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Claim 6: “Council of Europe chief Alain Berset issued an appeal to Israel over the draft law. “The Council of Europe opposes the death penalty in all places and in all circumstances,” he said, calling on the authorities to abandon it.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries about the Council of Europe chief appealing to Israel regarding the death penalty.
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Claim 7: “France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom raise concern over ‘de facto discriminatory character of the bill.’”
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Wikipedia entries about Germany-UK relations, Italian diaspora, and historical Italy do not address criticism of Israel's death penalty bill.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The bilateral relations between Germany and the United Kingdom span hundreds of years. The countries were allied for hundreds of years in the Late Middle Ages and, while they were on opposite sides in…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Italians in the United Kingdom, also known as Italian Brits (Italian: italo-britannici) are citizens and/or residents of the United Kingdom who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancesto…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia, pronounced [ˈreɲɲo diˈtaːlja]) was a unitary state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, unt…
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Claim 8: “Israel’s far-right government is due to put its bill to a second and third reading in the Knesset, the parliament, on Monday. If it passes, it will almost certainly face a legal challenge and go before the Supreme Court.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries about Knesset readings or legal challenges to the bill.
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