66 legislative changes took place. During this year, ICHR conducted a thorough legal review of the death penalty within the Palestinian legal system, during which it discussed the extent to which the national law complies with international standards of human rights on the prevention of imposing the death penalty in national laws. It also excluded crimes punishable by death in the most serious crimes only, and in the narrowest possible framework, as a rapid interim measure, until the death penalty is entirely abolished from the Palestinian legal system.66 B‐ The Death Penalty on the Practical Level The PNA courts in the West Bank, whether civil or military, did not issue any death sentences in 2010. In contrast, the judiciary in the Gaza Strip did not at all stop issuing death penalties. In 2010, (15) death sentences were issued,67 of which (6) were issued by civil courts, and (9) by military courts. 66 For more information see: Ma’an Shehda Adeis, Legal Review of the Provisions of the Death Penalty in the Palestinian Legal System, (Ramallah: Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights), 2010. 67 Death sentences included the following: (1) Osama Zedan al‐Ghoul, 30, Gaza City, Gaza Court of Beginning, on charges of intentional murder, and sentenced on 22/02/2010. (2) Mohammad E’layan, Gaza City, military court, accused of public treason, and sentenced on 07/02/2010. (3) Basil Kamel Zoghrob, 27, Khan Yunis, military court, accused of treason, and sentenced on 24/02/2010. (4) Naim Mustafa ‘Ashour, 45, Rafah, on charges of treason, military court, sentenced on 03/03/2010. (5) Mohammed Ahmad Baraka, 49, Deir al‐Balah, accused of murder, Khan Younis Court of Beginning, sentenced on 30/05/2010. (6) Atiyah Abd al‐Khaliq Farajallah, 23, Nusseirat City, on charges of intentional murder, Court of First Instance of Deir al‐Balah, sentenced on 06/07/2010. (7) Omar Humedan Kaware, 28, Khan Younis, on charges of collaborating with the enemy, the military court, sentenced on 22/09/2010 (8) Zahi Abdul Rahman al‐Masri, 32, Beit Lahiya, on charges of intentional murder, the Court of First Instance of Khan Younis, sentenced on 02/11/2010. (9) Mohammad Jamil Abdeen, 20, Khan Younis, on charges of intentional murder, the Court of First Instance of Khan Younis, sentenced on 24/11/2010. (10) Ismail Khalil Nijem, 45, Gaza City, on charges of intentional murder, the military court, sentenced on 01/12/2010. (11) Mamdouh Mohammed Attar, 34, Gaza City, on charges of collaborating with the enemy, the military court, sentenced on 06/12/2010. (12) Jamil Zakaria Juha, 28, Gaza City, on charges of kidnapping and participation in the murder, the military court, sentenced on 06/12/2010. (13) Jihad Jihad Mohammad Mansour, Gaza City, on charges of kidnapping and participation in a murder, the military court, sentenced on 06/12/2010.