“On the rare occasions they were handed down in military courts on terrorism-related offenses, all were commuted to life sentences following appeals.”

“Since the establishment of Israel, only two people have been executed following convictions carrying the death penalty. The first execution took place in 1948 when Meir Tobianski, an army officer, was falsely accused of espionage, and executed for treason. He was posthumously exonerated. The second time was in 1962 when Israel executed Adolf Eichmann, a leading figure in Germany's Nazi Party, after a lengthy trial in Jerusalem.”

“The proposed bill significantly lowers the threshold for imposing the death penalty. According to the wording of the amended bill, its purpose is to 'establish the death penalty for terrorists who carried out murderous terror attacks, as part of the fight against terrorism.'”

“Palestinians in the occupied West Bank accused of terrorism who are tried in military courts would face a mandatory death sentence or, in the wording of the bill, 'his sentence shall be death, and this penalty only.'”

“B'Tselem, an Israeli human rights organization, said in a statement that 'these military courts have an approximately 96% conviction rate, based largely on 'confessions' extracted under duress and torture during interrogations.'”

“The Knesset's committee's own legal advisor Ido Ben-Itzhak criticised the bill, arguing that the amendment 'does not provide for the pardon of a person sentenced to death, which contradicts international conventions and could lead to complications.'”

“The Israel Prison Service (IPS) will be required to carry out the death sentence within 90 days. According to the bill, the prime minister can apply to the court that handed down the sentence to delay the execution by no more than 180 days.”