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Indonesia calls Israel death penalty law for Palestinians 'grave violation' of human rights
Under the law, Palestinians convicted by military courts of carrying out deadly attacks classified as "acts of terrorism" will face the death penalty as a default sentence
- PUBLISHED: Thu 2 Apr 2026, 11:52 AM
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- AFP
Indonesia has criticised Israel's approval of a death penalty bill for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank as a "grave violation of international human rights and humanitarian law".
Under the law, passed by Israel's parliament on Monday, Palestinians convicted by military courts of carrying out deadly attacks classified as "acts of terrorism" will face the death penalty as a default sentence.
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It has been criticised by the United Nations and European Union, while the United States came out in support of "Israel's sovereign right to determine its own laws".
In a statement published on X on Wednesday, Indonesia's foreign ministry urged Israel to revoke the law and reaffirmed "its full support for the struggle of the Palestinian people to achieve independence".
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As part of conflict across the Middle East, three Indonesian peacekeepers were killed this week during fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
"Indonesia also calls on the international community, in particular the United Nations, to take firm measures to ensure accountability and protection for the Palestinian people," Jakarta added in the post.
Meanwhile, the Southeast Asian country still has the death penalty in its penal code -- including for drug trafficking -- but has maintained a moratorium on executions for several years.
There are dozens of traffickers on death row in the country.
Indonesia last carried out executions in 2016, killing one Indonesian and three Nigerian drug convicts by firing squad.