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View all search resultsIndonesia calls Israel death penalty law 'grave violation' of human rights
Under the law, passed in parliament on Monday, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank convicted by military courts of carrying out deadly attacks classified as "terrorism" will face the death penalty as a default sentence.
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Palestinian children walk on a street by Israeli forces in the Jenin camp for refugees, in the occupied West Bank on February 24, 2025. Israel said on February 23 its troops would remain for many months in refugee camps in the northern West Bank, after tens of thousands of Palestinians living there were displaced by an intensifying, weeks-long military operation. (AFP/John Wessels)
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ndonesia has criticised Israel's approval of a death penalty bill applicable to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank as a "grave violation of international human rights and humanitarian law".
Under the law, passed in parliament on Monday, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank convicted by military courts of carrying out deadly attacks classified as "terrorism" will face the death penalty as a default sentence.
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, the Foreign Ministry urged Israel to revoke the law and reaffirmed "its full support for the struggle of the Palestinian people to achieve independence".
Indonesia has lost three peacekeepers in recent days during fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah in Lebanon, part of the conflict across the Middle East sparked by US-Israeli attacks on Iran over a month ago.
"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 said.
The UN rights chief on Tuesday urged Israel to repeal a law making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, saying the legislation violated international humanitarian law.
"It raises serious concerns about due process violations, is deeply discriminatory, and must be promptly repealed," Volker Turk said in a statement sent to reporters.
He said the law was inconsistent with Israel's legal obligations, citing the lack of opportunity for pardon and ordering executions to be carried out within 90 days.
On Monday, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez condemned the approval of the death penalty as a "step towards apartheid".
"It is an asymmetrical measure that would not apply to Israelis committing the same crimes. Same crime, different punishment. It's another step towards apartheid. The world cannot stay silent," Sanchez, one of the most vocal supporters of Palestinians among Western leaders, wrote on X on Tuesday.
Apartheid was the system of racial segregation enforced by South Africa's white minority governments in the second half of last century.
