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Israel’s Knesset (parliament) on Monday passed a controversial law allowing the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners, Anadolu reports.
The bill was approved in second and third readings by 62 votes against 48, and one abstention, the daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voted in support of the law.
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