Death penalty

October 7 trials: How Israel is preparing for the largest terror prosecution in its history

LEGAL AFFAIRS: Israel now needs to build an entire temporary justice system around a crime that cannot be reduced to a single file, defendant, scene, or legal theory.

Nukhba Force terrorists who were captured alive on October 7 are seen in a prison in Israel in 2025.
NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir leads Otzma Yehudit faction meeting at the Knesset, on Monday.

Ben-Gvir appoints bereaved family members as official inspectors under terrorist death penalty law

Jews and Palestinians protest against a law passed by the Knesset imposing the death penalty for terrorists who murder Israeli civilians in the West Bank in Beit Jala, on April 3, 2026.

Arab lawmakers seek to join High Court petition against death penalty law

Basij militia members during an anti-Israel march in Tehran, January 2025; illustrative.

Islamic regime seizes properties of more than 100 civilians accused of ‘supporting the enemy'


German FM: Israeli death penalty legislation is a major mistake

“I do not want to hide the fact that we here abroad do have concerns regarding some legislative projects in Israel," Baerbock told Cohen.

 German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen shake hands as they speak to reporters in Berlin, Germany, February 28, 2023

Death penalty for terrorists bill to reach Knesset floor on Wednesday

Netanyahu mentioned the death penalty law, along with a law to expel families of terrorists from the country as being part of the government's fight against terrorists.

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

Death penalty for terrorists bill approved by Israeli cabinet

Amnesty International Israel condemned the law's approval by the ministerial committee, arguing that the death sentence is "cruel, inhumane and humiliating."

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes the Security Cabinet following the two terror attacks in Jerusalem over the weekend, January 28, 2023.

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