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Eight Muslim nations condemn Israel's 'dangerous' new death penalty law
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (266+ words) Eight Muslim-majority countries "strongly condemned" Israel's move to pass a law making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinian terrorists convicted in military courts, a joint statement released by Pakistan said on Thursday. Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar,…...
Europe condemns Israel terror death penalty law as discriminatory, inhumane
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (369+ words) Several countries have voiced strong condemnation of Israel's passing of the bill mandating the death penalty for terrorists on Monday. In a joint statement released on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministers of Germany, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom expressed their…...
Netzah Yehuda CEO denies reports of battalion's suspension following CNN debacle
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (297+ words) The 914th Netzah Yehuda reservist battalion was not suspended, Yossi Levi, CEO of the Netzah Yehuda organization, announced on Tuesday, citing recent reports'to the contrary. The battalion had previously been said to have been suspended by IDF Chief of Staff Lt....
Constitutional scholar says death penalty law faces challenge of discrimination
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (483+ words) 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. "I was saddened in my heart," Rabin said in…...
High Court begins reviewing Israel's death penalty law as Adalah files petition
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (757+ words) The law was approved by the Knesset on Monday by a vote of 62-48, with one abstention, after a legislative process that began with private members" bills in 2023 and returned to the National Security Committee in late 2025. According to Adalah"s…...
Why most Jewish Israelis back the death penalty for terrorists
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (584+ words) For years, polling in Israel has shown a broad Jewish-Israeli majority in favor of the death penalty for terrorists. After October 7, the majority did not disappear. In some surveys, it rose. The larger point, though, is continuity. These numbers suggest…...
Petition targets death penalty law, calls it discriminatory, unconstitutional
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (1146+ words) A petition was filed with the High Court of Justice on Monday against the newly passed death penalty law for terrorists, opening what is expected to be the first of several legal challenges to one of the most controversial measures…...
Isaac Herzog responds to Diaspora Jews' call for action amid settler violence spike
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (250+ words) Since the beginning of Operation Roaring Lion, there have been an average of at least ten instances daily of settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, over 250 in total, according to statistics from NGO Yesh Din. Yesh Din derived…...
Knesset to vote on death penalty for terrorists bill in final readings
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (895+ words) The Knesset plenum is expected to vote on a bill that would legislate the death penalty for terrorists in Israel in its final readings on Monday evening. Discussions on the bill have been held in the plenum since morning, ahead…...
'The Road to October 7': The long centuries of hatred that led to Hamas’s attack
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (650+ words) If anyone believed that the uninhibited bloodlust exhibited by Hamas in its attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, or the worldwide support the terrorist group immediately gained, or the condemnation Israel was soon receiving for its armed response were in any…...