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Jewish News 24 · Aug 11, 2026

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Lebanon's parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, making it the first Arab country to formally eliminate capital punishment. Death sentences will instead be replaced with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labor. Lebanon had not carried out an execution since 2004, despite courts continuing to issue death sentences.

Lebanon's parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, making it the first Arab country to formally eliminate capital punishment. Death sentences will instead be replaced with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labor. Lebanon had not carried out an execution since 2004, despite courts continuing to issue death sentences.

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