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The kind of key concern with this law, really,

is that it is sort of discriminatory,

because it effectively applies only to Palestinians,

even though in theory it doesn't.

In practice, that's what will happen.

We had these scenes that some were so incredibly unedifying of these celebrations, champagne being given out.

How much this Israeli government pays heed to international opinion,

it is a big question. Israel has passed a new law to give the death penalty to Palestinians convicted

of lethal attacks in a measure that has been roundly condemned by European countries and human

rights groups. From the Guardians today in Focus, this is the latest with me, Lucy Hoff.

I'm joined by Devika Bat, the Guardian's deputy head of international news.

Devica, it's lovely to have you back with us. Thanks for dialing in.

So yesterday in the Israeli parliament, a new law was passed that's been

under consideration that's had several readings for some time that authorises the death penalty

executions against Palestinians who are accused of committing deadly attacks against Israelis.

We'll come on to what this means for

Palestinians, but first of all, just talk to me about the way this legislation was introduced

and what it means in practice. Thanks, Lucy, yeah. So this was legislation that passed

the Knesset yesterday. So it was in its sort of final reading that passed 62 votes to, I think, 48 in favour. And one of those who voted in favour was the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. And what it does is it, as you say, sort of effectively makes the death penalty the kind of

default punishment for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank who are convicted of terrorism,

of sort of deadly terror attacks. Yeah, I mean, it's a bit of a kind of, you know,

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