Death penalty

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

According to the request, the applicants asked to join after the petition was filed, citing their public interest in the law and involvement in the parliamentary and public debate around it.

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.
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'

Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

Hamas leadership calls for kidnapping of IDF soldiers following death penalty law passing - report

A MEMBER of NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau stands guard outside the Center for Jewish History, after two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead in Washington, DC near the Capital Jewish Museum, in New York City, US, May 22, 2025.

Prosecutors seek death penalty for shooter in 2025 Capital Jewish Museum attack


Iranian scholar calls for action on Trump's, 'Zionist leaders' threats against Khamenei

If they carry out such an act, they will face severe and divine punishment, and they will undoubtedly be avenged," Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi wrote.

 Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi pictured in 2017.

Iranian media says regime hangs nine alleged ISIS members - report

The people were reportedly arrested after ammunition, machine guns, grenades, and various other weapons were discovered.

A shirt bearing ISIS insignia, found on a terrorist who attempted to carry out a terror attack in Qalandiya, the West Bank, December 7, 2024.

On this day: Adolf Eichmann captured in Argentina by Mossad

Eichmann was hanged at midnight on June 1, 1962; he was the only person in Israel’s history to be executed by the state.

 Adolf Eichmann, pictured in 1941/1942, in his SS uniform. Eichmann fled to Argentina in 1950 before being captured by the Mossad in 1960.

Netanyahu opposes death penalty for Nukhba terrorists, citing risks to hostage safety

Southern District Attorney Erez Padan, who is in charge of prosecuting Nukhba terrorists, is also reportedly opposed to pursuing convictions for crimes that can not be proven in court.

 Hamas terrorists parade as they prepare to hand over hostages.

Mangione faces federal charges, death penalty in UnitedHealth executive's killing

The federal indictment does not include new charges but raises the stakes for Mangione, who has pleaded not guilty to the state charges.

 Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group chief executive Brian Thompson, appears in Manhattan Supreme Court on New York state murder and terrorism charges in New York City, U.S., February 21, 2025.

The Hamas prisoner release is a justification for death penalty for terrorists - opinion

A death penalty for terrorists won't eliminate terrorism, or even hostage-taking to free other, less wicked, prisoners - but it will minimize the pain of impacted Israelis.

 A freed Palestinian prisoner is carried by people after he was released by Israel as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 25, 2025.

Will Pittsburgh synagogue shooter be spared the death penalty?

The prospect of sparing Robert Bowers' life drew strong objections from those who lost family members, friends and neighbors.

 The Tree of Life synagogue at the intersection of Shady and Wilkins avenues, in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood, on Oct. 30, 2018.

American Jewish man sentenced to death in Congo for his involvement in a failed coup

American Jew Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun faces the death penalty in the DRC for his role in a failed coup attempt amid espionage claims and limited US intervention.

 American citizen Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, 36, has been sentenced to death for his involvement in a failed coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ben-Gvir calls for death penalty in response to hostage killings

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir urged Prime Minister Netanyahu to introduce the death penalty for Hamas terrorists and a lockdown of the West Bank.

 Itamar Ben-Gvir, Minister of National Security attends a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on November 20, 2023.

Jews were excluded from California county’s death penalty juries for decades, new evidence reveals

Alameda County faces scrutiny for potential jury discrimination in death-row cases dating back to 1977, including exclusion of Black female and Jewish jurors.

 Illustrative image of a court gavel.