Concluding Statement of the webinar titled: "Legislating Death: Israel's Execution Law Against Palestinian Prisoners, a War Crime in Parliamentary Clothing"

On April 14, 2026, the League of Parliamentarians for al-Quds and Palestine convened a critical parliamentary-legal webinar to address the Israeli Knesset's passage of the "Palestinian Prisoner Execution Law". This legislation is condemned in the strongest terms as a "War Crime in Parliamentary Clothing" and a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions. The League considers this law an unprecedented escalation that consolidates a policy of revenge and physical liquidation against Palestinian prisoners.

The webinar highlighted that this law establishes a framework of "Apartheid in legislation," creating a discriminatory, two-tiered legal system where the severity of punishment is determined by national identity rather than the act itself. By stripping away essential judicial safeguards—such as allowing death sentences by a simple judicial majority and permitting judges to impose them without a prosecution request—the occupation has provided legal cover for state-sanctioned murder. This system effectively transforms detention centers into tools for mass liquidation and violates the most basic standards of justice and the right to life.

The severity of this legislative escalation is magnified by the current scale of detention and the systematic mistreatment of those held by the apartheid state. As of early April 2026, the number of prisoners and detainees in Israeli occupation prisons has exceeded 9,600. This includes 84 women and approximately 350 children. Furthermore, there are 3,532 administrative detainees held without trial or charge, and 1,251 individuals classified as "unlawful combatants," a figure that does not account for all detainees from Gaza held in military camps. To date, the identities of 323 martyrs from the prisoner movement are known, having perished under the weight of this systematic brutality. This law serves as the final mechanism to "legalize" the atrocities and the "slow death" already occurring behind prison walls through torture, starvation, and medical negligence.

The League, supported by the insights of speakers including Dr. Naledi Pandor, Dr. Anis Al-Qasem, Senator Mushahid Hussain, Mr. Hamid Al-Ahmar, and Hon. Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh, calls upon the United Nations and international parliaments to take immediate, concrete action. We demand the immediate repeal of this law through maximum diplomatic pressure and the urgent deployment of international monitors to Palestinian detention centers. Additionally, we call for independent international investigations into crimes of torture and starvation, and for occupation leaders to be held accountable before international courts.

In closing, the League of Parliamentarians for al-Quds and Palestine, led by its President Hamid Al-Ahmar, remains steadfast in its mission. We will not stop until the rights, dignity, and lives of Palestinian prisoners are protected under the full weight of international law. We reiterate that international silence is no longer an option, as justice for Palestine is essential for justice in the world.