Abu Dhabi, April 2 -- A powerful bloc of Arab and Muslim nations has issued a sharp and unified condemnation of Israel's latest legal move, warning that the introduction of the death penalty in the occupied West Bank marks a grave and dangerous escalation with far-reaching consequences for regional stability and international law.
In a strongly worded joint statement, the Foreign Ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Turkiye, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar denounced the legislation passed by Israel's Parliament (Knesset), saying it effectively paves the way for capital punishment against Palestinians and deepens what they described as a system of entrenched discrimination and apartheid in the Occupied Palestin...