Reviewing the Law on Execution of Palestinian Prisoners by Israeli Knesset / Legitimizing Targeted killings

Richard Anderson Falk, American university professor and former UN representative in the human rights affairs for Palestine speaking with Negaheno said: “This action by Israel would mean legitimizing targeted killings and it would be in contradiction with Security Council resolutions and international laws.”

He further said: “This law will allow targeted killings take place easily against the Palestinians.” He also added that Israel has no right to take such an action simply for the sake of election consumption or amendment of its political structure. He said: “This law is against human conscience and all international resolutions in particular, the Geneva conventions on the rights of Palestinian prisoners.”

This American university professor stated further that I ask the world community to put Israel under pressure in order to stop the implementation of this law.

Richard Anderson Falk, (born 13th November, 1930) is a retired university professor emeritus in international law at Princeton university and chairman of the supervising board of Euro-Mediterranean human rights. In 2004 he was enlisted as writer and editor for over 20 books and editor of another 20 books.

Falk has written and published many books on international laws and the United Nations Organization.

In 2008, The UNHRC appointed Falk for a period of six years as the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied lands of Palestine since 1967.