Israel's parliament passed the bill by a vote of 62 to 48 following an intense debate in which even some members of the opposition chose to support the proposal.
The wording of the law itself means that the death penalty can be imposed for attacks intended to “deny the existence of the State of Israel.” According to legal analyses, this criterion means that, in practice, the law targets a specific group, since the motive defined in the text of the law is primarily associated with Palestinian perpetrators.
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