Palestinian Territories
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- administration of the ANP
RELIGIONS
Muslim majority; Christian and Jewish minorities
From the country
DECEMBER 4, 2018Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS COURT SENTENCES 6 TO DEATH FOR ‘COLLABORATING’ WITH ISRAEL
A Hamas-run military court has sentenced five Palestinians and an Israeli resident to death for “collaborating” with Israel, the Hamas-controlled Interior Ministry announced on 3 December 2018 in a memo on its official website.
- OCTOBER 25, 2018Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: U.S CITIZEN FACES DEATH PENALTY FOR SELLING JERUSALEM LAND TO JEWS
The family of 55-year old Palestinian-American asked the U.S. State Department to help him after he was arrested for allegedly helping sell an Arab-owned property in the Old City of Jerusalem to a Jewish organization.
- OCTOBER 23, 2018IsraelDEATH PENALTY
USA - Palestinian Authority. U.S Citizen Faces Death Penalty for Selling Jerusalem Land to Jews.
USA - Palestinian Authority. U.S Citizen Faces Death Penalty for Selling Jerusalem Land to Jews.
- JULY 26, 2018Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA STRIP: TWO DEATH SENTENCES ISSUED AGAINST TWO CIVILIANS
Gaza Court of First Instance issued 2 death sentences by hanging against (G. H.) and (Z. Q.) from Gaza City, after being convicted of participation in murder.
JULY 10, 2018Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Court of First Instance in Deir-Albalah sentenced to death by hanging Mosab Osama Abu Hanea, 27 years old, resident in An-nuserat Camp, after he was found guilty of murder.
- JULY 5, 2018Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: DEATH SENTENCE ISSUED FOR MURDER
The Gaza Court of First Instance issued a death sentence against Y. B. from Gaza City after being convicted of murder
- JANUARY 1, 2018Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
On 29 November 2012, the General Assembly voted to grant
On 29 November 2012, the General Assembly voted to grant
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2017Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA COURT SENTENCES THREE CONVICTS TO DEATH BY EXECUTION, RIGHTS CENTERS OBJECT
Deir al-Balah Court of First Instance passed the death sentence against three Palestinian residents of Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, after they were convicted of murder, accessory to murder and robbery leading two local human rights centers
- JULY 13, 2017Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: HAMAS COURT CONDEMNS TWO TO DEATH FOR ISRAEL SPYING
A Palestinian court in Hamas-run Gaza sentenced two men to death for allegedly spying for Israel, the latest in a series of such rulings that have drawn international condemnation.
MAY 25, 2017Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS RULERS PUT TO DEATH 3 ACCUSED OF KILLING MEMBER
Hamas said it put to death three men it had accused of killing a senior member of the militant Islamic group that rules Gaza in March.
- MAY 21, 2017Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES THREE PALESTINIANS TO DEATH OVER TOP COMMANDER'S ASSASSINATION
A Gaza military court sentenced to death three people for their involvement in the assassination of top Hamas official Mazen Fuqaha, blamed on Israel by Hamas.
- MAY 11, 2017Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: HAMAS BURNS DRUG STASH, SENTENCES DEALERS TO DEATH
Gaza's militant Islamic Hamas rulers have burned a large stash of seized narcotics and sentenced two dealers to death as part of their campaign against drugs.