Iran:

Man accused of spying for Israel sentenced to death

The alleged spy was accused of transporting equipment used in the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

MKs ask US AG to pursue death penalty for DC killer

15 MKs wrote to US Attorney General Pam Bondi asking that she seek the death penalty for the murder of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim in a shooting at the Jewish Museum outside Washington.

DC killer could face death penalty

Interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro announces that the suspect in the murder of 2 Israeli diplomats could face the death penalty if convicted.

Ben Gvir demands:

'Stop delaying the death penalty law for terrorists'

National Security Minister appeals to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding an urgent Cabinet meeting to advance the death penalty law for terrorists.

Ben-Gvir on Mount Herzl:

'May we merit to have the death penalty for terrorists'

Public Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir addressed a ceremony in memory of the 1666 police officers who fell in the line of duty since the foundation of the State of Israel.

UAE confirms death penalty for 3 murderers of Rabbi Zvi Kogan

A 4th suspect who assisted the murderers of the Chabad emissary was sentenced to life in prison and deportation.

Israel’s righteous case for the death penalty

Under such legislation, which would reverse the decades-long and de facto license for Islamists to hunt down Jews with almost no fear of death, central life-saving imperatives would be accomplished. Op-ed.

A Death Penalty for terrorists with blood on their hands

Repeat after me: 'It is wrong to release unrepentant murders out onto the streets for any reason.' We do not have to make that release possible. Opinion.

After commuting 37 sentences

Biden decides: Man who murdered 11 Jews to be executed

Despite record-breaking commutation, outgoing President Biden refuses to pardon three, including the murderer of 11 congregants at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018.

Ben Gvir to Netanyahu:

'Promote a death penalty for terrorists law'

National Security Minister calls on the Prime Minister: Convene the Cabinet to discuss laws that will deter terrorists and order your faction to support them as stipulated in the coalition agreement.

After calling to execute terrorists

Palestinian Arabs furious at Ben-Gvir

The Director-General of the Palestinian Prisoner's Society said that the 'fascist and extremist' Minister Ben-Gvir's statements represent the system that carries out 'mass extermination of the Palestinian people.'

China, Iran and US:

Leading countries in death penalties

A record in number of death penalties around the world, since 2015 | Africa triples the number of death penalties.

Report:

Appeal of Iranian Jewish man sentenced to death rejected

Iranian court rejects appeal against execution of young Jewish man who killed a Muslim in self-defense after the Muslim man stabbed him.

Iranian media:

Young Jewish man facing death penalty

According to reports, the man was arrested and sentenced to death after he was involved in a fight during which a non-Jewish Iranian was killed.

California county examining death row cases for discrimination

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

Buffalo supermarket shooting:

Justice Department to seek death penalty for shooter

Justice Department says it is intending to seek the death penalty for Payton Gendron, who shot dead 10 Black people in May 2022.

Ex-Navy commander supports death penalty for terrorists

General Eliezer Marom calls for terrorists from the Oct. 7 massacre 'to be hung one by one.'

Heated committee discussion on death penalty for terrorists

Discussion attended by relatives of hostages, who see the bill as detrimental to their loved ones who are still at the mercy of Hamas.

Should Israel Enact the Death Penalty? Yes!

The death penalty is civilized, and more importantly, it works. Op-ed.

Death penalty for terrorists:

Large display with noose set up in Dizengoff Square

Large display in Dizengoff Sq. in Tel Aviv, demands death penalty for the terrorists who carried out the October 7th massacre.

Death penalty for massacre:

Bill submitted imposing death penalty on Hamas terrorists

Likud MK Amit Halevi lifts text of law allowing death penalty for Nazi war criminals given similarity of Hamas massacre to Nazi crimes.

'We need to eliminate terrorists - even if they are neutralized'

Media personality Avri Gilad speaks out: 'Anyone who comes to kill you - it is a commandment to kill him.'

Iran:

Man sentenced to death over attack on Shiite shrine

Iranian court sentences to death Tajik man convicted over carrying out deadly attack on Shiite shrine in Shiraz.

'A just and legal conviction':

SWC applauds death penalty for Tree of Life shooter

SWC Associate Dean Rabbi Abraham Cooper: Death sentence for Robert Bowers sends a clear message to tomorrow’s potential killers.

Pittsburgh:

Tree of Life synagogue shooter gets death penalty

Jury sentences Robert Bowers to death for massacre of 11 people at Pennsylvania synagogue in 2028.

Lawyer for Pittsburgh shooter: He is mentally ill

Lawyer for Robert Bowers attempts to save him from death penalty, claims gunman had psychotic, delusional and paranoid symptoms.

Pittsburgh synagogue attack:

Shooter loses another bid to get death penalty removed

Judge rules against defense motion that challenged pursuit of the death penalty in the case of Robert Bowers.

Israel sees terror as transactional - they attack, we respond

Israel’s response must be such that the world understands that Israel values the life of every one of its citizens beyond limits.Op-ed.

Op-ed:

When Israeli leaders concentrate on the issues …

... there comes a bit of progress in the Knesset.. And less of what can be called BDS, Bibi Derangement Syndrome. Op-ed.

PA officials warn:

'Death penalty for terrorists law will open the gates of hell'

Hamas says the continuation of the "policy of executions in cold blood in the field will not terrorize the Palestinian people".

Death penalty for terrorists law approved in preliminary reading

Ben-Gvir says says death penalty for terrorists 'humane for our children and families.' Avigdor Liberman says PM will kill the bill.

Death for terrorists?

UTJ to vote 'against' for reasons rooted in Jewish Law

'A future government could extend the principle to Jewish terrorists who kill Arabs,' sources within the haredi party explain.

Ben Gvir to police officers:

'Death penalty for terrorists law is moral and logical'

National Security Minister satisfied with approval of law in Ministerial Committee: It's necessary in order to fight terrorism.

'Unconstitutional'

AG opposes bill imposing death penalty for terrorists

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara says death penalty is not a deterrent, bill violates Basic Law: Human Dignity and Freedom.

PM, Ben-Gvir agree to advance death penalty for terrorists bill

Netanyahu gives his backing for Death Penalty for Terrorists Law, Ministerial Committee for Legislation votes to fast-track the bill.

Ben-Gvir:

'Netanyahu trying to bury death penalty for terrorists bill'

Likud seeks to remove death penalty bill from Ministerial Committee for Legislation agenda ahead of Ramadan.

Agents of destruction

Evenhandedness cannot work when dealing with terror. Terrorism needs to be defeated.Israel must get serious about doing just that. Op-ed

Ben-Gvir:

'Anyone who massacres civilians should get the electric chair'

National Security Minister says Neve Yaakov synagogue attack happened on his watch and so is his responsibility.

Op-ed:

Israeli government to besieged public: Death penalty for terror

Tragically, terrorists seem undeterred by the threat of jail time in Israeli prisons. And why should they be? Op-ed.

Iran:

Two teens face death penalty over involvement in riots

Human rights group says two Iranian teenagers were sentenced to be hanged over involvement in anti-government protests.

PA response to Ben Gvir: We aren't afraid

PA committee plays down coalition agreement with Ben Gvir which included death penalty for terrorists: We are not afraid of death.

Coalition agreement includes death penalty for terrorists

Otzma Yehudit receives commitment to begin implementing death penalty for terrorists,

Iran:

9 people to face death penalty over death of nuclear scientist

Iran’s judiciary says nine people will face death penalty over assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, which Iran has blamed on Israel.

Watch: Trump calls for death penalty for drug dealers

Trump says drug dealers kill an average of 500 Americans during their lifetimes.

Jury to decide on death sentence for Parkland shooter

Nikolas Cruz, who attacked high school in Parkland, Florida, returns to court for penalty phase of his case.

The death penalty for terrorists

Calls for the death penalty for terrorists are visceral desires for revenge, no preventative measures. Op-ed.

Op-ed:

Will the US revoke Mahmoud Abbas' visa?

How iis it that the PA chariman who calls for the death penalty for anyone selling property to Jews is welcome in the USA? Op-ed.

UAE suspends execution of Israeli accused of drug smuggling

The 43-year-old Arab Israeli from Haifa was caught with more than a pound of cocaine in her possession last year.

Iran:

Swedish national to be executed this month, no prisoner exchange

Iranian court spokesman says death sentence for Swedish-Iranian Ahmadreza Djalali is final despite international condemnation.

Op-ed:

Death Penalty

It seems that it is insufficient to destroy the families’ houses. Additional steps are urgently needed, the death penalty among them.Op-ed.

"He gave a Rabbi a ride and they murdered him with axes"

Friends of one of the victims of the terrorist killing spree in Elad recount how the victim was only there to help a stranded traveler.

Trouble in Paradise? Israeli woman sentenced to death in Dubai

The photographer had relocated to the Gulf state following an invitation from an Arab Palestinian friend.

Federal prosecutors won't seek death penalty for Poway shooter

Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for man charged in deadly shooting at Chabad of Poway in April 2019.

Virginia abolishes the death penalty

Virginia becomes the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty and the first in the south to do so.

'Prison sentences for terrorist won't bring our grandson back'

Grandparents of newborn killed in drive-by shooting terrorist attack call for death penalty for terrorist, tougher counter-terror measures.

Where they don't kill Jews

Number of executions globally drops

Number of executions drops globally, but certain countries still see a rise.

Prosecutors seek death penalty for Poway shooter

San Diego County District Attorney’s Office to seek death penalty for Poway synagogue shooter John Earnest.

Monsey attacker could face the death penalty

Federal prosecutor says Grafton Thomas could face the death penalty if critically wounded victim dies.

Lawyers of Pittsburgh shooter argue against death penalty

Lawyers for Robert Bowers claim his potential death sentence is unconstitutional.