'A moral stain': Liberal Jewish groups outraged by Israel's new, discriminatory death penalty law

Most mainstream Jewish establishment organizations have resisted commenting on the law mandating the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of lethal acts of terrorism. The only group to openly welcome the law was the far-right Zionist Organization of America

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'A moral stain': Liberal Jewish groups outraged by Israel's new, discriminatory death penalty law

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Most mainstream Jewish establishment organizations have resisted commenting on the law mandating the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of lethal acts of terrorism. The only group to openly welcome the law was the far-right Zionist Organization of America

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Judy Maltz

11:42 AM • April 01 2026 IDT

Liberal Jewish organizations and movements have responded to Israel's new and highly controversial death penalty law with alarm and condemnation, but the mainstream Jewish world establishment has remained largely silent.

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