Blog Details

Hamas Seeks Legal Way To Implement Death Penalties

Hamas interior and national security minister Fathi Hamad has said that his ministry is seeking a legal loophole that will allow it to carry out death penalties, even without the approval of the Palestinian Authority as required by Palestinian law.

On October 29, the Gaza military court condemned a Palestinian man to death for collaborating with Israel.

Source: Falastin, Gaza, November 3, 2009; paltoday.com, October 29, 2009

Share:
  • Print version
Recent MEMRI Blog Posts
About The MEMRI Blog

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) Blog features brief news items from Arabic-, Farsi-, Urdu-, Pashtu- and Turkish-language news media sources.

Read on