After all, Israel does not enforce the death sentence, even while it remains on the books. Incarceration is pleasant. Cells and cell blocks are shared with comrades in arms. Staff, from the lowest ranking guard to officers, wardens and even the highest echelon of hierarchy deal with terrorists professionally and pleasantly. These are the norms.
There are no deterrents to crimes against Israel today.
The fact that thousands of convicted terrorists are released in the ongoing so called ‘peace’ deals only increases the fact that there is no deterrent to committing crimes against Israel. Even the longest sentenced terrorists hold feasible hope that they will be released. But, that is a subject for a different article.
In short, Israel holds thousands of convicted terrorists in its jails, the majority are serving multiple life sentences. This is a tremendous card to pressure the Arab community. The time has passed to use it.
