Palestinian Territories
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- administration of the ANP
RELIGIONS
Muslim majority; Christian and Jewish minorities
From the country
MAY 17, 2014Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: COURT SENTENCES CONVICTED MURDERER TO DEATH BY HANGING
A court in Gaza City sentenced a man to death by hanging after he was found guilty of premeditated
MAY 7, 2014Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: TWO PALESTINIANS EXECUTED AS ISRAELI SPIES
Two Palestinians were executed in the Gaza Strip as Israeli spies, the enclave’s Islamist Hamas government
APRIL 29, 2014Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA STRIP: KHAN YUNIS COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE ISSUES NEW DEATH SENTENCE
the Court of First Instance in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, presided by Judge Mahmoud Barakah, sentenced B.
MARCH 27, 2014Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYHAMAS’ NEW ISLAMIST LAW CAUSES FURY IN PALESTINE
A move by Hamas to replace an almost 80-year old punitive law with a new conservative one has been
- FEBRUARY 13, 2014Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH ON MURDER CHARGE
A court in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis sentenced a man convicted of murder to death, a Ma'an
FEBRUARY 6, 2014Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR COLLABORATION WITH ISRAEL
A Gaza military court sentenced a man convicted of collaborating with Israel to death and another to life in
- JANUARY 1, 2014Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
On 29 November 2012, the General Assembly voted to grant
On 29 November 2012, the General Assembly voted to grant
- DECEMBER 8, 2013Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
the High Military Court in Gaza sentenced Z. R. to death by hanging, after convicting him of betrayal
the High Military Court in Gaza sentenced Z. R. to death by hanging, after convicting him of betrayal
- DECEMBER 5, 2013Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: HAMAS COURT GIVES GAZAN DEATH SENTENCE FOR AIDING ISRAEL
A Hamas military court sentenced a Palestinian in the Gaza Strip to death for collaborating with
- OCTOBER 28, 2013Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: COURT OF APPEAL CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE
The Gaza Court of Appeal confirmed a death sentence by hanging issued by the Gaza
- OCTOBER 24, 2013Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES PRISONER FOR MURDER
Gaza's Islamist Hamas rulers sentenced a murderer to death, the interior ministry said.
OCTOBER 2, 2013Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS EXECUTES MAN BY HANGING FOR MURDERING TWO
Hamas executed by hanging a man who was convicted of murdering two people in the Gaza Strip.