Israeli Knesset passes two more draconian laws affecting Palestinian families and children
Salah Hamouri (R) arrives in Paris after he was deported from Israel on 18 December 2022
Adalah reports on 7 November 2024:
Newly passed laws grant the state the authority to deport Palestinian families – both citizens of Israel and residents of occupied East Jerusalem – linked to “terrorist operatives” and impose prison sentences, including life terms, on children as young as 12. Adalah: With these laws, Israel deepens its two-tiered legal system – one for Palestinians and one for Jewish Israelis – violating international law and basic human rights.
On 6 November 2024, the Israeli Knesset passed two more draconian laws that severely violate the rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel and residents of occupied East Jerusalem. The passage of these two laws—one aimed at expelling family members of individuals defined as “terrorist operatives” under Israeli law and the other targeting Palestinian minors as young as 12 years-old—demonstrates an alarming legislative trend towards punitive measures cloaked in the pretext of counter-terrorism.
The first law allows for the deportation of family members of individuals designated as “terrorist operatives” by Israeli authorities. According to the law, the Interior Minister has broad authority to deport family members outside Israel to the Gaza Strip, or any other area to be determined based on the circumstances, if one family member has been convicted of certain terror offenses or is being held in custody on suspicion of such offenses, or even if held under administrative detention.