Emma Graham-Harrison

So he had his 50th birthday earlier this month.

And his cake, which he proudly shared pictures of on social media, was a noose-themed cake.

So there was a big image of a noose.

Oh, my God.

And around it was the sort of caption or the message in icing, Congratulations, Minister Ben-Gavir.

Sometimes dreams come true.

So the law that was passed in March is frankly horrifying.

It's fundamentally racist.

It's basically aimed only at Palestinians because it instigates the death penalty for people convicted of deadly terrorism with an intent to deny the existence of the state of Israel.

So essentially, it's

almost impossible to imagine a scenario in which, for instance, a Jewish Israeli convicted of terrorism against Palestinians would face the death penalty.

And then it has provisions that are extremely disturbing.

So in occupied Palestine, people will be tried in military courts.

They can be convicted and face the death penalty on the decision of a majority of judges.

There doesn't have to be unanimity.

It's a default penalty as a sort of concession to people who were concerned about a mandatory death penalty.

There is a provision that it could be commuted to life in prison under special circumstances, but those aren't defined.

There's no provision for judges to be able to issue a pardon.

And it has to be imposed within 90 days.

So, you know, if you think about how long it can take for miscarriages of justice to work their way through any judicial system, this isn't about Israel's judicial system in particular, false convictions take decades to come to light.