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


Ministers to vote on death penalty for terrorists, incapacitation law Sunday

The death penalty for terrorism would likely not apply to Israelis committing attacks against Palestinians.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen in a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on January 29, 2023

Kidnapped German-Iranian journalist Jamshid Sharmahd to be executed

Jamshid Sharmahd was kidnapped by Iranian agents in Abu Dhabi in 2020. Now, facing ‘corruption on earth’ charges, he faces imminent death.

 The first hearing of the case of Jamshid Sharmahd

Texas Walmart massacre suspect pleads guilty to hate crimes

The suspect faces life in prison on federal charges and the death penalty on state charges.

El Paso Walmart accused mass shooter Patrick Crusius, a 21-year-old male from Allen, Texas, accused of killing 22 and injuring 25, is arraigned, in El Paso, Texas, US, October 10, 2019.

Israel's response to terrorism is creating terrorism - opinion

The common factor in past terrorists isn't religion, economic situation or educational background. They all had a loved one die in Israeli action.

 Mourners carry the bodies of Palestinians, including militants, who were killed in an Israeli raid, during their funeral in Jenin in the West Bank January 26, 2023.

IRNA says British-Iranian Akbari played role in assassination of top scientist

New information has been made available about the British-Iranian dual citizen sentenced to death by Iran. He is accused of being a spy and an assassin.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, November 23, 2022.

US executes first transgender inmate

Nearly 20 years after Amber McLaughlin murdered her former girlfriend, the state of Missouri has put her to death. She is the first transgender woman to be executed in the US.

A lethal injection room at San Quentin Prison in California

Iran top court accepts protester's appeal against death sentence

Iran has already executed two people involved in unrest that erupted in September after the death in custody of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini.

 A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022

Netanyahu speaks out against son's call to try prosecutors for treason

Yair Netanyahu called to try prosecutors who charged his father for treason, and if found guilty, sentenced to death.

Yair Netanyahu makes a stormy appearance at Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court, December 2018.

Iran Supreme Court accepts rapper Yasin's appeal against death sentence

Iran hanged two protesters, Mohsen Shekari and Majid Reza Rahnavard, earlier this month.

People light a fire during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran, September 21, 2022.

Over a third of all US executions in 2022 were botched - report

One notable execution saw a man, still believed by some to be innocent, having to help the executioners properly find a vein for the lethal injection.

Prison, death row (illustrative)