Death penalty

Let’s build King David’s Zion, not some Super-Sparta - opinion

Israel mustn’t become Super-Sparta, featuring muscle-bound warriors with coarsened souls, and paralyzed consciences.

Knesset approves death penalty for terrorists bill, March 30, 2026.
Execution with Lethal injection concept. Death penalty lethal injection table miniature inside old prison. Old prison bars cell lock. Creative artwork decoration.

What do we become when we decide to execute?

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrates the passing of the Death Penalty for Terrorists bill in the Knesset, March 30, 2026

Israel's death penalty law draws inspiration from US policy, Ben-Gvir tells 'Post'

MK Gilad Kariv pictured in the Knesset, January 26, 2026.

MK Kariv, Zulat Institute, Rabbis for Human Rights ask High Court to strike down death penalty law


Israel’s perilous death penalty bill also endangers Diaspora Jews - opinion

Diaspora Jews cannot stay silent as Israel debates executing terrorists, as the bill endangers not only Israel’s moral fabric but also Jewish safety worldwide.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attends a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 17, 2025

Ben-Gvir switches terrorist execution method to hanging in revised death penalty bill

“We’re coming up with the best outline, the most exact one,” Ben-Gvir told the panel.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on December 31, 2025.

Mississippi man arrested for murder of family members, pastor, no known motive

The charge against Daricka Moore, a county resident, is likely to be upgraded to capital murder, and the death penalty is a possibility if he is found mentally competent, officials said.

A VEHICLE of the Tate County Sheriff is seen parked outside a gas station convenience store after a shooting, in Arkabutla, Mississippi, US February 17, 2023.

Netanyahu promised to advance death penalty bill before October 7, Ben-Gvir claims

Ben-Gvir also stated that the Attorney-General's call to dismiss him was his “greatest award.” “It shows I influenced, I led policy in the South, I changed the Prison Service,” he said.

 Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on February 21, 2023.

UN rights experts, influential women condemn Iran’s 'sham' trial of activist Zahra Tabari

Tabari was convicted by a Revolutionary Court in Rasht in October on the grounds of armed rebellion, in an online trial that lasted less than ten minutes.

 FILE PHOTO: Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 2, 2022.

Death penalty debate: Jewish reverence for life vs Ben-Gvir’s cheapening of life - opinion

In degrading terrorists and criminals, Itamar Ben-Gvir is trashing Jewish religious values and cheapening everybody’s life.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset on December 8, 2025.

Nick Reiner charged with murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner

Reiner could face life without parole or the death penalty if convicted, though “no decision” has been made on whether prosecutors will seek capital punishment.

 Rob Reiner poses for a photo on the red carpet of a reception at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors, one day ahead of the official gala, in Washington, U.S., December 2, 2023

'I am not afraid': Ben-Gvir unmoved after footage shows Hamas planning his abduction before Oct. 7

Ben-Gvir also renewed his efforts to dismantle the grave of the terrorist Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, founder of the Black Hand and known as "the Arab Joseph Trumpeldor."

Israeli minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir seen at the entrance to the Temple Mount, before entering, in Jerusalem's Old City. October 08, 2025.

Iran spares child bride from death penalty after she pays off family of dead abuser

Goli Koukhan paid the family of her dead abusive husband 10bn tomans in a diyah (blood money) payment to avoid being put to death by the Islamic regime.

 MEMBERS OF the Iranian diaspora in Europe take part in a rally in Brussels last September, marking the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini.

Spectator execution: Teenage boy shoots his family's murderer in front of crowds in Afghanistan

A 13-year-old boy shot the man who had slaughtered 13 of his relatives three times.

Afghan citizens wait to register as they attempt to return to their country, with trucks loaded with their belongings seen in the background, after Pakistan closed border crossings for trade with Afghanistan following exchanges of fire between the two nations' forces, at the Chaman border crossing i