Critics say the bill would apply only to Arabs who kill Jews, not the other way around.

<article data-history-node-id="431343" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/four-fifths-water-supply-gaza-contaminated-says-red-crescent" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/four-fifths-water-supply-gaza-contaminated-says-red-crescent" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Four-fifths of water supply in Gaza contaminated, says Red Crescent</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Director of health programs at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society,&nbsp;Bashar Murad, on Tuesday said that 80% of the water in the Gaza Strip is completely contaminated, Al Jazeera reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>Murad said that this has "led to an increase in cases of hepatitis C, with more than 70,000 cases recorded" since the start of the genocide in 2023.</p> <p>On 3 November, the United Nations said more than 81 percent&nbsp;of all buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed by Israel’s relentless bombardment.</p> <p>Citing satellite data, the UN secretary general’s deputy spokesperson confirmed that 81 percent of the enclave’s structures have suffered destruction, underscoring the catastrophic scale of Israel’s assault on the enclave, which has been recognised as a genocide by the UN.</p> <p>Entire neighbourhoods across Gaza have been reduced to rubble, leaving families displaced and essential infrastructure obliterated.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="426808" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-bans-grand-mufti-jerusalem-al-aqsa-mosque-over-remarks-condemning" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-bans-grand-mufti-jerusalem-al-aqsa-mosque-over-remarks-condemning" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel bans Grand Mufti of Jerusalem from Al-Aqsa Mosque after condemning Gaza starvation</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="298" data-start="112">Israeli authorities have issued a six-month ban on Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories, preventing him from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Wafa news agency reported.</p> <p data-end="475" data-start="300">The Israeli authorities decided to extend the ban following the expiry of an earlier eight-day order issued on 27 July, according to the Jerusalem Governorate,&nbsp;citing lawyer Khaldoun Najm.&nbsp;The new order, issued today, extends that ban to six months.</p> <p data-end="651" data-start="477">The decision came after Sheikh Hussein delivered a Friday sermon condemning Israel’s starvation policy against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.</p> </div> </div> </article>