UN rights chief warns Israel's Palestinian death-penalty bill could be a war crime

The UN's Volker Türk condemned Israel's Knesset-passed bill to make the death penalty the default for Palestinians in the West Bank for deadly attacks, noting it would breach international law and could amount to a war crime if applied to residents of the occupied territories. The proposal drew broad international condemnation as discriminatory, setting up a two-tier justice system and fast-tracked executions; it faces legal challenges at home and would empower military courts to impose death sentences with stringent restrictions and a 90-day execution window.