This Week in Palestine: Israeli Lawmakers Cheer the Death Penalty for Palestinians and ICE Abducts Palestinian Green Card Holder
Zeteo's weekly round-up of the stories you may have missed out of occupied Gaza and the West Bank, as well as the crackdown on pro-Palestine speech in the US and in other parts of the West.
Another Palestinian dies in Israeli custody. Another Palestinian green card holder is detained by ICE. And Israel passes another draconian law targeting only Palestinians, and Israeli lawmakers celebrate with…champagne.
It goes without saying that it’s been another depressing week in Palestine.
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Now, here’s another troubling ‘This Week in Palestine’:
Saturday, March 28 – Another Palestinian Dies in Israeli custody
Marwan Herzallah, a 54-year-old man from Nablus, died in Israeli custody. He’s one of more than 100 Palestinian detainees who have died in Israeli prisons or detention camps since Oct. 7 (89 have been identified), according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society.
Herzallah had been in detention since early January on “incitement” charges. He had lost a leg in 1995 after being shot by Israeli forces.
Sunday, March 29 – Israel Blocks Jerusalem Cardinal From Holy Site on Palm Sunday
Israel blocked the top Roman Catholic official in Jerusalem from marking Palm Sunday in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Christianity’s holiest site, and where many believe Jesus was crucified and resurrected. After outcry, including by the Trump administration, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reversed the decision for the rest of Holy Week.
Israel has closed Holy sites in Jerusalem’s Old City since the beginning of the war on Iran. Notably, the US did not express outrage over the closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to Muslim worshippers on Eid.