Israel: Death Penalty for Terrorists’ Bill Passes First Knesset Vote

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A bill to help civilian and military courts in Israel convict and sentence terrorists of murder made it past a crucial legislative step, winning the majority of votes, 52-49.

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The bill, brought forward by the defense minister, had been backed by the bulk of the governing coaltion.

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Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman

But certain elements of the Knesset opposed. The United Torah Judaism party, for example, refused to even cast a vote.

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The proposal, which was introduced by Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party, was backed by most of the 66-member governing coalition.

The United Torah Judaism party, however, abstained from the vote, withholding its six votes after the haredi faction failed to reach an agreement with Liberman regarding another piece of legislation proposed by the Shas party.

Earlier on Wednesday, Liberman stormed out of a meeting with UTJ leaders after the haredi faction demanded that the Defense Minister back the “Supermarket Law”, which would enable the Interior Minister to nullify local bylaws permitting the opening of businesses on the Sabbath.

Liberman has expressed his opposition to the law, calling it ‘religious coercion’.

After the Defense Minister failed to agree to drop his opposition to the proposal, haredi MKs warned they would be unable to support his proposal to reduce the requirements for imposing the death penalty on terrorists, saying that they would have to consult the party’s spiritual leaders for guidance on the issue.

If it passes its first, second and third readings, the law would allow army courts to sentence terrorists found guilty of murder to death with only a simple majority. Under current law, the death penalty may only be imposed by unanimous decision.

The law would also permit state criminal courts to impose the death penalty under the same conditions.

Israel has not used the death penalty since the 1962 execution of SS officer Adolf Eichmann.

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Suresh
Suresh
5 years ago

Long overdue. you can’t keep feeding these scumbags at taxpayers cost . Hang them or shoot them. why even capture them ?

They are savages they do not even spare firemen http://bit.ly/2gTuUw2

TD
TD
5 years ago
Reply to  Suresh

And any parents caught radicalizing their children should have those children taken into custody and handed over to some international relocation and de-programming group.

Ziggy46
Ziggy46
5 years ago

As mentioned, Israel’s Death Penalty Bill for Terrorists is long overdue; hopefully it will pass. The UN, EU Jihad supporters, needless to say, will throw a hissy-fit and condemn Israel if the Bill were to pass. The hell with the EU, UN and every anti-Israel/Semitic polluting the planet, let them continue their pathway to ruination. Israel will endure while the above mentioned and other supposed democracies wither underfoot of Islam.

Rick Reynolds
Rick Reynolds
5 years ago

A step in the right direction but maybe a declaration of war against Islam and Muslims, who’ve declared war against Jews and Israel would be a smarter idea. This way it becomes totally legal to shoot terrorists on the spot, instead of arresting them and giving them a trial, etc. The West and the free world should do the same-we did that with Nazism. Muslims are much more evil than Nazis.

MAS
MAS
5 years ago
Reply to  Rick Reynolds

Judge Dredd style eh? Great idea, until you’re the one mistakenly executed on the spot. No some due process would be preferable…

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago

70+ years Israel has been a state and they haven’t had this law? It’s about time. Once they start icing the bastards who commit terrorism, Israel may see a drop in those kinds of incidents.

Navy_Vet
Navy_Vet
5 years ago

Execution will be carried out only with weapons lubricated with Silver Bullet Gun Oil.

http://www.silverbulletgunoil.net/

Tamara Hussey-Mecklenburg
Tamara Hussey-Mecklenburg
5 years ago

The death penalty for terrorism is human normalcy. This is a positive step forward.

Poppey
Poppey
5 years ago

In view of the prevailing circumstances around Israel, this penalty is justified, as would be the demolition of the terrorist’s home and expulsion of his relatives.

Everyone has a choice, if you don’t want the penalty, don’t do the crime.

JC Bond
JC Bond
5 years ago

NUTS! Here’s another case of a TERRORIST trying to avoid the Death Penalty — can’t believe he was ever “American: The family of an Israeli man suspected of the GRISLY murder in Taiwan last month — Oren Shlomo Mayer, 37, an “alleged” DRUG DEALER (no less!), who was BORN in Israel and grew up in the United States (!!!) has filed an emergency petition to prevent his deportation to Taiwan WHERE HE MIGHT FACE THE DEATH PENALTY. Oren SHLOMO (get that name!!!) a suspect in the GRUESOME drug-related murder of a Canadian teacher, who was found DISMEMBERED in a Taiwan park.

JC Bond
JC Bond
5 years ago

Wherever you are, you need to read this !!!!!!!!!: We need the Death Penalty in New York for Terrorists too: James Harris Jackson, accused of killing Timothy Caughman, told police it was “practice” for a larger attack he planned to carry out in New York City’s Times Square, a court has heard. Mr Jackson told police after the incident on 20 March in 2017 that his ultimate goal was to KILL LOTS OF PEOPLE! He may ONLY face life in prison, even for charges of Terrorism, and possibly even parole at some point — Can you believe taxpayers have to pay to keep him ALIVE!! Hang him or shoot him is what this SCUMBAG SAVAGE deserves. Death Penalty Bill for Terrorists is long overdue…. HOW MANY+ years NEW YORK has been a state and they haven’t had this law? It’s about time. Once they start icing the bastards who commit terrorism, NEW YORK may see a drop in those kinds of incidents…. As a NAVY VET would say, Execution will be carried out only with weapons lubricated with Silver Bullet Gun. The death penalty for terrorism is human normalcy. This is a positive step forward. this penalty is justified, as would be the demolition of the terrorist’s home and expulsion of his relatives. Everyone has a choice, if you don’t want the penalty, don’t do the crime.This would be A step in the right direction but maybe a declaration of war against TERROR, who’ve declared war against US would be a smarter idea. The UN, EU Jihad supporters, needless to say, will throw a hissy-fit and condemn Israel if the Bill were to pass. The hell with the EU, UN and every racist polluting the planet, let them continue their pathway to ruination. USA will endure while the above mentioned and other supposed democracies wither underfoot of HATE. This way it becomes totally legal to shoot terrorists on the spot, instead of arresting them and giving them a trial, etc. This guy is much more evil than the Nazis he worships (even Hitler had ideals and a cogent plan). Погода здесь странно тепло в Москве прямо сейчас. Я могу чувствовать ненависть, кипения вверх в Америке и готовы взорвать. Поддержка Трамп! Снова сделайте большой Америки! МАГА !!

JC Bond
JC Bond
5 years ago
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santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago
Reply to  JC Bond

“HOW MANY+ years NEW YORK has been a state and they haven’t had this law? It’s about time. Once they start icing the bastards who commit terrorism, NEW YORK may see a drop in those kinds of incidents”….Nice line….

Michelle
Michelle
5 years ago
Reply to  JC Bond

With democrats running EVERY major murder city in the US it would be far better to remove them before daydreaming about the future. There will be NO death penalty in democrat cities.

Poppey
Poppey
5 years ago

Go to gatestoneinstitute.org Killing Free Speech by Judith Bergman.

Wherever you are, you need to read this.

Sing On
Sing On
5 years ago

I agree with Israel, and I assume they were smart enough to already execute gangbangers.

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
5 years ago

The Palestinians will keep teaching their children to continue on the cycle of hatred and violence.

Peter WF
Peter WF
5 years ago
Reply to  R. Arandas

Have you got an alternative suggestion?
There are a number of ways to be forced to hate. Teaching your children is one of them.
The Jew Arab(mahomedan) conflict has just got started in terms of time. Protestant England invaded Catholic Ireland at the time of the Spanish Armada – fear of the Catholic Spanish using Catholic Ireland as a spring board for invasion of England. For 800 years there was terrible trouble in Ireland and in truth it is still “not quite right” but there is peace.
As they teach their children so they will teach about 24 generations. What a prospect!
You can’t turn back the clock.

MAS
MAS
5 years ago
Reply to  R. Arandas

They’re going to anyway, nothing to lose…

MitchHill
MitchHill
5 years ago

Agree with executing all terrorists whether the terrorists are successful or not. Execution should also be in place for planning a terrorist act or to conspire to commit a terroristic crime. Capital punishment should be implemented in every nation including Israel . Israel should execute all terrorists, destroy their homes and deport their families. In addition confiscate any wealth that the terrorist or his family possesses and give it to the victim – Israeli citizens. Further all terrorists who are executed, the remains to be cremated. This would be appropriate because cremation is against Islamic law, and according their belief cremation will cause that person to go to hell.

Peter WF
Peter WF
5 years ago
Reply to  MitchHill

Well said. The terrorists NEED TO KNOW what a mess they will leave behind for the ones they care about.

Vlad
Vlad
5 years ago
Reply to  Peter WF

They don’t really care about anything but their invisible friend in the sky or more likely hell.

Michelle
Michelle
5 years ago
Reply to  MitchHill

AND violent or mass rape.

Geoffrey_Britain
Geoffrey_Britain
5 years ago

It’s a good step in the right direction but falls short of full deterrence.

To achieve full deterrence, executions should be conducted in a manner that renders the executed terrorist “unclean”. That would present a grave threat to jihadists because Allah in the Qur’an has declared that an unclean Muslim can never enter paradise. This is using the jihadists own beliefs against them.

To drive the new reality home, the condemned should be executed by drowning them naked in a clear acrylic vat filled with pigs blood… the execution should be video taped and uploaded to a publicized website for jihadist’s ‘edification’. Bring full awareness to them of what they now risk; permanent exclusion from paradise.

As paradise with its promised 72 virgins is the sole incentive for jihadist recruits… terrorist attacks become for the jihadist… a new form of “Russian Roulette”… Once the new paradigm in consequence becomes known, recruitment will plummet.

You gain leverage over an enemy by creating consequences for their actions that they find intolerable to contemplate.

Michelle
Michelle
5 years ago

Spot on! NO religious advantages for murderers or violent rapists However, your solution will never be allowed as too blatant. The Pershing/British method of execution via bullets dipped in pig fat/oil is less offensive to the bleeding hearts.
How many of the 49 who voted against the motion were muslims or socialists?

Geoffrey de Brito
Geoffrey de Brito
5 years ago
Reply to  Michelle

True, leftists and their useful idiot liberals will scream bloody murder and seek to prosecute as a hate crime. But while it would offend their sensibilities, it’s a perfectly legal form of execution. You fight fire with fire… Nothing will change until we tell the collaborating left to go pound sand and, prosecute them for aiding the enemy.

Ego
Ego
5 years ago

I agree that they should be executed, and executed in a manner that plays on their superstition and makes other Muslims afraid.
The drowning bit goes a bit too far in my opinion, but filming the execution, starting with the execution squad dipping their bullets in pigs fat, and then publicizing it would go a long way in making them think twice.

Geoffrey de Brito
Geoffrey de Brito
5 years ago
Reply to  Ego

It is an extremely gruesome method, which is the whole point. Fanatical barbarians, which is what we’re dealing with… have to be hit right between the eyes to get the message through that fanaticism. Drowning in desert cultures is, for them an anathema. Plus, nothing is more horrific for them than the consequence of being barred from their ‘paradise’ by being rendered unclean…

Ego
Ego
5 years ago

I didin’t know about drowning and desert cultures, thanks.
The bullet with pig fat would in itself disqualify them for their 72 virgins.

IzlamDownpressesHumanity
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
5 years ago
Reply to  Ego

I wonder if some Israeli soldiers might not like the idea of pig fat on their ammunition? I’m assuming there’s a large proportion of Jewish soldiers in the IDF.

Vlad
Vlad
5 years ago

Why all the expense? Google Black Jack Pershing and Phillipines.

Geoffrey de Brito
Geoffrey de Brito
5 years ago
Reply to  Vlad

Don’t discount the value of psyops, i.e. psychological intimidation. While spreading that new reality as widely as possible maximizes the impact of that psychological intimidation. Nor would the cost actually be that much, I’m sure we could find pig slaughter houses that would be happy to donate as much pigs blood as needed…

Vlad
Vlad
5 years ago

Geoffrey, I really don’t discount the value of psyops.
That’s why I said, google Black Jack Pershing and the Phillipines.

MAS
MAS
5 years ago

The United Torah Judaism party abstains until they get advice from their spiritual leaders? Perhaps they should try actually reading the Torah (and the prophets, all of them) and discern from that…

Exodus 21:23-25

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago

Hang them. End the problem. After they hanged Saddam there hasn’t been a problem since. Neither from his two sons who were shot to death.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

It should be automatic n the U.S. too!
Capital punishment for anyone involved in terrorism.

Stephen Honig
Stephen Honig
5 years ago

Israel must reinstate the death penalty for its survival or suffer more Israeli losses.

Kwitcherbellyakin
Kwitcherbellyakin
5 years ago

While the Death Penalty is, in my opinion, justified, it won’t happen. Adolph Eichmann was an exception because of the enormity of his crimes. The common man may argue that “enough is enough.” I would be a common man.
There is also Knesset seats forming a coalition as well as committees on them. one of these parties is dead set against a Death Penalty, and they will control the vote of the Orthodox Party to stop this law.
In my opinion, egregious crimes deserve the worst penalty. I would put Ari’s death right up there as pure hatred of Jews, and a murder campaign sponsered by the P.A.. When I say sponsered, I mean people are paid cash for going to jail. Ari’s killer will earn over a million dollars for his family, and apparently, they get to keep their home.
Israel needs to step up and do the right thing for it’s citizens. The country has not agressively fought the Arabs attacking them just because they are thought to be Jews. I would not try to impose the D.P. on simple murder cases, but I would consider terrorism to be an extraordinary crime.
Terrorists usually prepare themselves to die while carrying about their business. But I think that if they were caught alive, then they would no longer be able to chose when they will die. Some countries impose the D.P. but then lock away the criminal and don’t give them an execution date. They just wake them up and march them to a spot, get them to kneel down, and shoot them behind the ear.

IzlamDownpressesHumanity
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
5 years ago

I liked it when Israel would demolish the domiciles of muslums convicted of carrying out terrorist acts, but I believe that policy has been stopped.

Kwitcherbellyakin
Kwitcherbellyakin
5 years ago

You are correct. Isrel knows it is dealing with “Collective Punishment” when it destroys a home. I don’t have a problem with that. However, the P.A. simply buys them a new home, and continues to financially support the family of the terrorists.
Something needs to be done, and I fault Israel for doing nothing hardline. A lesson must be taught, but it isn’t happening. As long as you let people beat on you at will, they will beat on you. Stop them hard enough, and they will quit or die. Either result would be acceptable to me.

IzlamDownpressesHumanity
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
5 years ago

Maybe they could try seizing the lands and properties of f’ing muslums convicted of terrorism?

thorntme
thorntme
5 years ago

Not to worry! The Palestinian Authority already indemnifies the lives of successful terrorists, and provides annuities to their relatives, whether expelled from Israeli-controlled territory or not, all of which the US taxpayers help to pay for through USAID funds.

Buck
Buck
5 years ago

Surprized me that it was not already the law.

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