Originally Published in Madras Courier
Editorial Note
The Holocaust’s memory, rather than becoming a moral obligation to resist dehumanisation, has been instrumentalised by the Israeli state as a shield against accountability.
On 30 March 2026, the Israeli Knesset passed a law that will be remembered as one of the most explicit acts of institutionalised ethnic discrimination in the modern democratic world. By 62 votes to 48, Israel’s parliament approved mandatory capital punishment to be carried out by hanging within 90 days while sharply limiting the possibility of clemency for Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis in acts classified as terrorism.