The U.S. president granted life in prison without parole to 37 of 40 death row prisoners, but not those guilty of “terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder.”
Capital punishment would be applied to someone who, “intentionally or out of indifference causes the death of an Israeli citizen when the act is carried out from a racist motive or hate to a certain public… and with the purpose of harming the State of Israel and the rebirth of the Jewish people in its homeland.”
Avigdor Liberman ordered his party to vote against the bill.
Kukia's father, Boaz, said at the court on Tuesday that the family expects the State Prosecutor’s Office to demand the death penalty for the terrorist.
The aftermath of the U.S. elections.
Is recent Knesset legislation in regard to the death penalty for terrorists in Israel superfluous as such legislation already exists? Joshua Hasten interviews Maurice Hirsch from Palestinian Media Watch today on Israel Uncensored.
Two politically charged topics; Killing terrorists and Pride Parades.
By JNi.Media
Of the 500 Jewish respondents, 44% strongly supported, and 25.8% moderately supported the death penalty. 12.4% moderately opposed, and only 12.9% strongly oppose. 4.9% declined to answer.
By Paul Gherkin
However, 40+ countries still use capital punishment for a variety of offenses.
There are those who say that death is too good a punishment.
There are many good, solid reasons to support applying the death penalty to a variety of crimes.
As bad as the situation was in Ethiopia, Asher said that the situation got even worse when the Ethiopian Jews arrived in Sudan.
By Batya Medad
At present, ordinary Arabs fear the terrorists more than they fear Israel.
By J. E. Dyer
To advance our objectives in the War on Terror there was and will be nothing to justify the extra-judicial, standoff-distance execution of a US citizen.
The main concern of Muslim citizens in any Islamic state is staying safe, alive and away from being accused of doing or saying anything against Islamic teachings.