Death penalty
October 7 trials: How Israel is preparing for the largest terror prosecution in its history
LEGAL AFFAIRS: Israel now needs to build an entire temporary justice system around a crime that cannot be reduced to a single file, defendant, scene, or legal theory.
Ben-Gvir appoints bereaved family members as official inspectors under terrorist death penalty law
Arab lawmakers seek to join High Court petition against death penalty law
Islamic regime seizes properties of more than 100 civilians accused of ‘supporting the enemy'
What do we become when we decide to execute?
My son, Yuval, was killed on October 7. I know the feeling when the death penalty seems not only justified, but inevitable. That is precisely why I try not to trust it completely.
Israel's death penalty law draws inspiration from US policy, Ben-Gvir tells 'Post'
Per the bill, West Bank terrorists would receive the automatic death penalty barring specific appeals, while terrorists in other areas would be given either capital punishment or life imprisonment.
MK Kariv, Zulat Institute, Rabbis for Human Rights ask High Court to strike down death penalty law
A new petition to the High Court challenges Israel's controversial death penalty law, focusing on its impact in the West Bank and seeking urgent action to prevent its immediate implementation.
Eight Muslim nations condemn Israel's 'dangerous' new death penalty law
Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates emphasized the "urgent need to refrain from measures" that risk further inflaming tensions on the ground.
Knesset goes on recess after approving key war laws, death penalty
With elections to be held no later than October, the upcoming summer session, set to begin on May 10, is the government's last opportunity to pass legislation during its term.
Hamas urges Hezbollah to kidnap Israeli soldiers in wake of Knesset passing death penalty bill
Abu Ubaida, a Hamas spokesperson for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, addressed his message to the Hezbollah terrorist organization, whom he referred to as "the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon."
'This is apartheid’: International politicians, governments condemn terror death penalty law
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez also responded to the bill on Tuesday, calling its passing "one more step toward apartheid."
Israel's new death penalty law marks moral break, sparks discrimination fears, expert says
For Prof. Yoram Rabin, a criminal and constitutional law scholar and president of the College of Management Academic Studies, the law is both a moral rupture and a legally vulnerable one.
High Court begins reviewing death penalty law as Adalah files petition after ACRI challenge
The petition argues that the law creates a discriminatory system, saying the West Bank amendments apply only to Palestinians.
Gulf states urge end of war, terror death penalty approved
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