Qaddoura Fares warns of repercussions of prisoners' execution law: A racist legislation targeting the resistance

Qaddoura Fares, the former head of the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Commission, called on the international community to take immediate and serious action to deter the Israeli occupation authorities from proceeding with the implementation of the law to execute Palestinian prisoners. Fares explained that this legislation, approved by the Knesset, represents a blatant violation of international norms, warning of the consequences of international silence or favoritism towards these criminal policies that reflect the true face of the occupation.

Fares affirmed in statements to media sources that the new law was specifically designed to target Palestinians who exercise their legitimate right to resist the occupation, as it stipulates the execution of anyone who kills an Israeli in the context of struggle. He pointed out that Israel is shedding its masks day by day, appearing as a fascist state that adopts racist legislation reeking of hatred rejected by civilized societies.

The Palestinian leader stressed that the approval of the law is a dangerous practical measure that could affect hundreds of prisoners in occupation prisons, which requires practical international countermeasures that do not stop at condemnation statements. He noted that the extremist right-wing currents that control the joints of power in Tel Aviv have become a real danger not only to Palestinians, but to the entire regional and international peace and security system.

The Israeli Knesset had finally approved, in its second and third readings, the death penalty bill for Palestinian prisoners by a majority of 62 votes against 48 opposing members. The law received direct support from the head of the occupation government, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the extremist National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, in a move described by the Palestinian presidency as a blatant violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and the International Covenant on Civil Rights.

Official statistics indicate that there are currently about 9,500 Palestinian prisoners in occupation detention centers, including 350 children and 66 women living in harsh conditions lacking the most basic humanitarian necessities. Human rights reports confirm that prisoners are subjected to systematic torture, starvation, and deliberate medical neglect, which has led to the death of more than 100 prisoners inside prisons since the start of the aggression on October 7, 2023.

Observers believe that this law legitimizes the field and institutional killings practiced by the occupation, as Israeli legislation excludes Israelis who kill Palestinians from this punishment, thus entrenching the legal 'apartheid' system. It is worth noting that the last official execution carried out by Israel was in 1962 against the Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann, which makes the return to this punishment a dramatic shift in the occupation's judicial system.

This legislative escalation comes in conjunction with the ongoing devastating war on the Gaza Strip, which has left a heavy toll of victims exceeding 72,000 martyrs and 172,000 injured, most of whom are women and children. The occupation government is exploiting the current circumstances to pass retaliatory laws aimed at breaking the will of the prisoner movement and tightening the security grip on Palestinians in all their locations.

This law was tailored to fit all the people of Palestine who fight and struggle against the occupation, and it represents the true image of Israel as a racist fascist state.