"PES condemns Israel’s new death penalty law targeting Palestinians. It raises serious human rights concerns and risks unequal application. We call for its immediate repeal and full respect of international law."

Party of European Socialists (PES)

"Israel’s parliament has passed a new death penalty law that applies to Palestinians but not Israelis who commit the same crime. We need Governments to do more than issue statements against this. We need tough action. Our Government must impose widespread sanctions on Israel."

Richard Burgon, British MP

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"New stage in the horror in Israel, they vote for the death penalty via a racial law targeting Palestinians. Meanwhile, journalists and blue helmets are killed and settler attacks in Palestinian territory are multiplying. Where is the limit?!"

André Flahaut, Minister of State and Member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives; Minister of Budget in the Government of the French Community

"A tragedy like the Israeli strike on the World Central Kitchen aid convoy in Gaza must never happen again. Two years on, I pay tribute to the bravery of those staff. We continue to push Israel for justice for the families of John Chapman, James “Jim” Henderson and James Kirby."

Hamish Falconer, British MP

"Netanyahu enacts a law paving the way for the death penalty for individuals opportunely labeled as "terrorists." In a system where Palestinians are tried before military courts under occupation, speaking of justice amounts to fiction or deliberate cynicism."

"The United States invokes "respect for sovereignty." A convenient stance, one that turns inaction into a principle and outrage into an optional extra."

"So no, it's no longer just peace that's slipping away. It's the very idea of justice that's fading, replaced by a balance where the law serves less to protect than to legitimize the unacceptable."

Yvan Verougstraete, Member of the European Parliament

A Sky News reporter tries to silence an English football fan as he calls for a free Palestine.

"Thousands of Palestinians in Israeli jails will face the death penalty, all while the IDF continue to kill on occupied land. This dangerous escalation is a violation to human rights, and for members of the Knesset to cheer on such a law is despicable. Make no mistake, this is another tool in this barbaric genocide being put into action."

Shockat Adam, British MP

"Israeli military courts can now impose the death penalty on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Around 10,000 Palestinian prisoners, so many of them children, can be executed. Our Government can do more than just condemn it. End all arms sales, impose sanctions & stop diplomatic relations to end the illegal occupation."

Apsana Begum, British MP

"We strongly condemn the Knesset's decision on the Death Penalty Bill. Such discriminatory legislation must have consequences. We once again call to suspend the Association Agreement and impose sanctions."

Hannah Neumann, Member of the European Parliament

"We need a mass world coalition to stop Israel’s genocidal march throughout the Middle East and the lawless terrorism and apartheid within its own borders. Boycott, Divest, and Sanction is the recipe to stop further violence. It’s Dr Martin Luther King’s strategy of peaceful change. We must deploy it en mass and create a coalition of those who we may not agree with politically on other fronts but find common ground on this rolling justice. It has awoken the moral center in most people."

Mark Ruffalo, American actor and filmmaker

Moroccan international footballer Hakim Ziyech has publicly responded to Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir following threats over his opposition to Israel's execution law of Palestinian prisoners. In an Instagram post directed at the far-right minister, Ziyech wrote: "We don't fear Zionism."

"So, Ben Jamal and I have been convicted for organising a peaceful protest against genocide in a bizarre decision by one judge. This is a big attack on civil liberties. We will appeal. We call for a massive mobilisation in support of the Palestinian people for Nakba on 16 May."

Chris Nineham, British political activist and writer and founder member and vice chair of the Stop the War Coalition

"In Israel, new harsh apartheid laws have been approved, under which death sentences are imposed on Palestinians. Appealing to Netanyahu was futile. We need broad sanctions, an immediate halt to arms trade, and the immediate suspension of the association agreement. The world must respond."

Li Andersson, Member of the European Parliament

"After the right to torture Palestinians, Apartheid Israel claims the right to HANG Palestinians. The shame of the century continues. Ben Gvir belongs in The Hague."

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on oPt

"Israel has agreed state-sanctioned executions, but only for Palestinians. This is blatant racism! Proof that Israel is an apartheid state: one law for Jews & another law for Palestinians. SHAME! Boycott Israel!"

Peter Tatchell, Australian-British activist

"Israel introduces the death penalty. The death penalty is not a solution; it is an act of revenge and violence. It is also a political tool that could lead to mass executions of Palestinians. Criticism of the Netanyahu governments is not antisemitism; it is our duty."

Robert Biedroń, Member of the European Parliament

Demonstrators block a road in Utrecht, Netherlands, in protest against Israeli occupation's ongoing attacks on Gaza and Lebanon.

"Israel is the only UN member State without defined borders. It’s also a state that keeps occupying other country's land to expand its territory. This is a violation of international law and the UN Charter. This illegal land grab is now policy that faces no real challenge."

Nour Odeh, Palestinian political analyst and activist

"Israel is now more dangerous than Nazi germany was. A deep ideological hatred of all around them with a desire to seize lands. Fully armed by the West and with legal impunity. Nuclear armed and a total religious supremacist outlook. The most dangerous entity to ever exist."

Daniel Lambert, Irish Chief Commerical Officer of Bohemian Football Club

"China is not threatening Israel. Israel is threatening the world. Kudos to China for standing up to this global terrorist that will not hesitate to use its illegal nukes, as it prepared to do in 1973 until pressured not to by the US & Moscow."

Dr. Jill Stein, American physician