Articles in "death penalty"

Knesset Bill Enabling Death Penalty for Terrorists on Hold After Stormy Committee Debate

Knesset legislation allowing for the death penalty to be applied to terrorists will be put on hold pending the approval of Israel's ...

Death Penalty for Terrorists Passes First Knesset Vote

Legislation introducing the death penalty for terrorists passed its initial Knesset vote on Wednesday. The bill passed by a vote of ...

Israeli Committee Advances Death Penalty For Terrorists

The Israeli government's Ministerial Committee for Legislation voted on Sunday to advance a bill allowing capital punishment for certain ...

Hamas Executes 5 Citizens, 2 for Collaborating with Israel

The Hamas-controlled Ministry of the Interior in the Gaza Strip announced Sunday that five residents of the Gaza Strip, including two ...

EU Condemns Hamas for Death Sentences

The European Union's (EU) Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah condemned the Hamas terror organization on Tuesday for two death sentences it ...

Fallout Continues Over Capital Punishment Proposal

  Fallout continued Thursday over Wednesday’s Knesset vote ratifying a first reading of a bill tabled by Defense Minister Avigdor ...

Knesset Approves First Reading of Death Penalty Law

The Knesset ratified a preliminary reading of a bill Wednesday to authorise the death penalty for terrorists. The vote was 52-49. If ...

Calls For Death Penalty After Neve Tzuf Massacre

  Right-wing politicians, including Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, Education Minister Naftali Bennett, Intelligence Minister ...