ISRAEL: NETANYAHU GREEN-LIGHTS DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISTS

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

05 November 2018 :

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the go-ahead on 4 November 2018 for lawmakers to advance a controversial bill calling for the death penalty for convicted Palestinian killers of Israeli civilians and soldiers, reportedly rejecting the advice of the security establishment.
Meeting coalition party heads to set the legislative agenda for the week, the prime minister said there was nothing preventing the proposal, which has been stalled since January, from being put to Knesset votes and becoming law.
Netanyahu told coalition heads that opposition from both the Shin Bet security service and the Israel Defense Forces should not prevent lawmakers from advancing the bill, Israel Radio reported on 5 November morning.
The law would allow military courts to impose the death penalty on terrorists by a vote of two out of three judges, instead of the current requirement of the unanimous votes of all three judges on a military tribunal.

 

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