MK Touma-Sliman Adamantly Opposed to the Death Penalty

​The National Security Committee, chaired by MK Tzvika Fogel (Otzma Yehudit), convened on Wednesday, January 14, and continued to prepare the Penal Bill (Amendment No. 159) (Death Penalty for Terrorists), 2025 for second and third readings. This is a bill sponsored by MK Limor Sonn Har Melech (Otzma Yehudit), to which a bill sponsored by…

Racist Party Leaders Attend Death Penalty Bill Hearing Wearing Noose-shaped Pins

Lawmakers from the far-right Otzma Yehudit party wore noose-shaped lapel pins during a Monday committee meeting on a controversial bill they are pushing to legislate the death penalty for terror convicts, drawing condemnation from opposition figures. The golden-colored pins were reminiscent of the yellow ribbons worn by most Israeli politicians and officials outside the far-right…

Doctor of jurisprudence, Hadash MK Yousef Jabareen: “I know of no such legislation.”

Contra Proposed Bill: Strike Death Penalty from Israel’s Legal Code!

Israel’s right-wing prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is yet again escalating his war against the Palestinian people. Netanyahu recently gave the green light to legislation that would make it easier for Israeli courts to impose the death penalty against Palestinians accused of carrying out “acts of terrorism” which result in fatalities. Subsequently, on Wednesday, November 14,…