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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Steve203 ⎊❂🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: death penalty for
Date: 04/02/26 2:24 AM
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A significant number of people would say "yes". How about death penalty for some "terrorists", but not other "terrorists"?

‘Discriminatory’ Israeli death penalty law would be war crime, says UN rights chief

A new Israeli law that would allow the execution of Palestinians convicted on terror charges for deadly attacks, but not Jewish extremists accused of similar crimes, would constitute a war crime if enacted, according to one of the UN’s most senior human rights officials.

theguardian.com - Israel death penalty law international criticism

Knesset passes death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of deadly acts of terror

Backed by Netanyahu, measure mandates hanging and bars right to appeal, despite opposition from security, legal officials; rights groups, opposition parties to petition High Court to cancel it

Lawmakers voted 62-47 to mandate death by hanging as the default punishment for West Bank residents convicted of deadly terrorist acts by military courts. While judges can opt for life imprisonment under vaguely defined “special circumstances,” the death penalty would otherwise be mandatory and be carried out within 90 days of sentencing.

The sentence would require a simple majority of judges rather than a unanimous decision, while eliminating any right of appeal.

The law effectively enshrines capital punishment for Palestinians alone, as it explicitly excludes Israeli citizens or residents, and only Palestinians are tried in military courts. Israelis are tried in civilian courts.

timesofisrael.com - Knesset passes death penalty law for palestinians convicted of deadly acts of terror

Carry on with the ethnic cleansing/genocide of Pals in Gaza and the West Bank.

Steve

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