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Hamas calls on UN to stop draft Israeli law to execute Palestinian prisoners <article data-history-node-id="431006" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-calls-un-stop-draft-israeli-law-execute-palestinian-prisoners" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-calls-un-stop-draft-israeli-law-execute-palestinian-prisoners" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Hamas calls on UN to stop draft Israeli law to execute Palestinian prisoners</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Monday called on the United Nations and human rights organisations to take urgent action to stop the draft law to execute Palestinian prisoners.</p> <p>"We demand the formation of international committees to enter the detention centres, examine the conditions of Palestinian prisoners, and expose the atrocities committed there," the organisation said. </p> <p>The Israeli military is set to appoint a new advocate general after a scandal forced the resignation of its top lawyer, who admitted to leaking footage apparently showing soldiers raping a Palestinian detainee.</p> <p>Knesset's National Security Committee approved a bill that would allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners, local media reported.</p> <p>The committee referred the bill to the Knesset General Assembly for discussion and voting in the upcoming legislative session, reports said. </p> <p>Times of Israel reported that the legislation stipulates that courts will be able to impose the death penalty on those who have "committed a nationalistically motivated murder" of a citizen of Israel. It would not apply to an Israeli who killed a Palestinian.</p> </div> </div> </article> https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-calls-un-stop-draft-israeli-law-execute-palestinian-prisoners