Human rights groups condemned a new Israeli law targeting Palestinian prisoners with the death penalty as a possible war crime and “deeply discriminatory.’ Meanwhile, Israeli ministers celebrated the law’s passage with champagne on the Knesset floor.

Last week, Israel’s assault on Palestinian resistance entered the legal arena. The resumption of army invasions on centers of resistance, this time in Nablus and Jenin, soon followed.

The Israeli Knesset is moving toward legalizing a policy that has long existed in practice: the death penalty for Palestinians who resist.