Several rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, called for the initiative to be dropped as it was being approved by lawmakers.
According to MK Simcha Rothman, a Jew accused of violence is innocent even after conviction and after all appeals are exhausted, but for Palestinians it is different.
The proposal comes after alleged war crimes committed by Russian troops were discovered in the Ukrainian towns around Kyiv that they had occupied.
Lawyers say lower court botched handling of confession from torture.
In total, 13 people were indicted on charges of incitement to violence and terrorism, five of whom were minors at the time. These defendants were the ones acquitted.
Defendants stabbed, burned, tore pictures of Duma victims at a wedding in 2015
Except for Israel (as a result of the court’s decision), no civilized country permits torture only to extract a confession and where the accused poses no danger.
In May 2019, the minor cut a plea bargain deal leading to a conviction on reduced charges
Arab MKs blast Jewish terrorist attacker of Duma at sentencing hearing: 'You burned a family'