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Israel: More Death Penalites for Palestinians

Postby Masato » Wed Jan 03, 2018 9:15 pm

Defense minister doubles down on vow to advance capital punishment for 'terrorists'

Brushing off criticism by the Shin Bet security service, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Monday vowed to advance legislation to impose the death penalty on convicted Palestinian killers of Israeli civilians and soldiers, noting that even “liberal” Boston had sought capital punishment for the 2013 marathon bomber.

At the weekly Yisrael Beytenu faction meeting in the Knesset, attended by representatives of bereaved Israeli families whose relatives were killed in terror attacks, Liberman said the bill would be brought to a preliminary reading on Wednesday.

“Every additional terrorist who enters Israeli prisons alive serves as an incentive to all other terrorists to kidnap Israeli citizens, to kill soldiers, and then to enter negotiations [with Israel] to bargain for the release of other terrorists in prison,” said Liberman.

“Unfortunately, there is no other way,” he said.


Also speaking at the faction meeting was Devorah Gonen, whose son Danny was killed in a terror attack by a Palestinian gunman in 2015.

“I want to emphasize that no one wants to advance the death penalty for terrorists to punish anyone, but rather to create real deterrence, the kind that will convince the next terrorist to give up terror activities,” she said. “The goal is to save lives. No one and no thing will bring back my Danny,” Gonen added. “What we want to do is prevent the next murder.”

The bill would apply to those convicted of fatal acts of terrorism, based on the Israeli legal definition. In light of the existing law, a Yisrael Beytenu spokesperson confirmed to The Times of Israel, the death penalty would extend to Palestinians convicted of killing IDF soldiers as well as civilians.

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Postby Masato » Mon Jan 08, 2018 3:23 pm

Israeli death penalty advocates win preliminary vote in parliament

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-isra ... SKBN1ES1DT
Israeli military courts - which handle cases involving Palestinians in the occupied West Bank - already have the power to issue the death sentence, although this has never been implemented. The only case of an execution in Israel was carried out against convicted Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in 1962.

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The amendment to the penal code would still require three more readings if it is to become law. Currently, a death penalty can only be imposed if a panel of three military judges passes sentence unanimously. If the amendment is adopted, a majority verdict would suffice.

Wednesday’s motion was brought by Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman, an ultra-nationalist in the conservative coalition government, who advocates tough action against Palestinian militants. Fifty-two of parliament’s 120 members voted in favor, and 49 were opposed.

Qadoura Fares, chairman of the Palestinian Prisoner Club which represents Palestinians jailed in Israel, denounced the vote as ”an expression of the state of blindness and confusion in the policies of this fascist regime (where) extremist parties race to pass racist laws.

“While the world moves toward repealing the death penalty, Israel is working to ratify this law, which is directed against the Palestinians,” Fares told Reuters.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voted for the motion but said that such legislation required deeper discussion and that the matter would now be considered at ministerial level before further debate in the Knesset.

In remarks to lawmakers, he said: “I think that in extreme cases, when somebody slaughters and laughs (as he kills), he should not spend the rest of his time in jail and should be executed.”

Asked by an Israeli Arab lawmaker whether he would also apply this reasoning to Jewish militants convicted of killing Palestinians, Netanyahu said: “In principle, yes.”

The successful vote was the latest in a number of motions brought by right-wing coalition members who feel able to pressure Netanyahu’s brittle government into enacting hard-line legislation.

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Postby Masato » Mon Jan 08, 2018 3:24 pm

There is also another bill going around where Israel is giving all foreigners 90 days or something to GTFO or they will rounded up and sent to prisons

getting hot in here, yo


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