Knesset passes law establishing military tribunal to try October 7 perpetrators

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Source: Times of Israel

Knesset passes law establishing military tribunal to try October 7 perpetrators

MKs vote 93-0 to form special court for captured Hamas-led terrorists, with proceedings to be broadcast; funding not finalized; bereaved families demand politicians establish state inquiry, then quit

By Ariela Karmel Follow
and Jessica Steinberg Follow
Today, 1:34 am

The Knesset on Monday night passed a law to establish a special military tribunal to try Palestinian terrorists accused of committing atrocities during the October 7, 2023, invasion, with 93 votes in favor and none opposed.

Submitted jointly by Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman, of the coalition, and Yisrael Beytenu MK Yulia Malinovsky, of the opposition, the rare bipartisan legislation would see the establishment of a special court within the military justice system to try the roughly 300 alleged terrorists captured by security forces inside Israel during the invasion and held in detention since.

Under the legislation, the tribunal will be able to charge the assailants with all relevant crimes, including genocide under the terms of Israel’s 1950 Law for the Prevention of Genocide, harming Israeli sovereignty, causing war, assisting an enemy during a time of war, and terror charges under Israel’s 2016 law for combating terrorism.

Those convicted of genocide charges would be liable for the death penalty.

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Read more: https://www.timesofisrael.com/knesset-passes-law-establishing-military-tribunal-to-try-october-7-perpetrators/

[mountain grammy]

1. You mean the 10's of thousands

Of dead people in Gaza aren’t the perpetrators?

Why were they killed then?