Discriminatory Israeli military courts, which have a 99 percent conviction rate, can now mandate death by hanging.

Leading international human rights groups as well as organizations in Israel swiftly demanded the repeal of a law passed by the Israeli Knesset on Monday that makes death by hanging the default punishment for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks on Israelis — a law that one group called “discriminatory by design.” Those were the words of the Association of Civil Rights in Israel…

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