National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir takes on a rapid round of questions from Arutz Sheva with immediate and unfiltered answers on topics like the elections, the Gaza flotilla, and the death penalty law.
A new military order applies Israel’s death penalty law for terrorists in Judea and Samaria, reshaping military court policy.
The Department of Justice will seek the death penalty for Elias Rodriguez for the murder of two Israeli Embassy staff.
As Amit Segal writes: "Oct. 7 launched the propaganda war, but the trial of the perpetrators will put the propagandists on trial." Op-ed.
A military court on Thursday convicted Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu of accepting bribes and ordered the confiscation of all their personal assets.
The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered federal prisons to expand the range of execution methods available, including the introduction of firing squads and gas chambers.
US President says he would 'greatly appreciate the release' of 8 women who reportedly face hanging in Iran.
Turkish President harshly condemns Israel’s newly approved Death Penalty for Terrorists Bill, comparing it to Hitler’s policies against Jews and labeling it a worse form of apartheid.
Repeat killers, hostage deals, and media spin led Israelis to a breaking point. Opinion.
8 Muslim countries, including Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, issue condemnation of Israel's law on the death penalty for terrorists. Afghanistan’s Taliban government also criticized the legislation.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir told Arutz Sheva that the Israel Prison Service is already constructing the facility to execute terrorists under the recently passed law.
Otzma Yehudit lawmaker who initiated the death penalty bill pushes back against criticism from the left and the defense establishment: “The best proof that the law is deterrent and effective.
Minister Ben-Gvir distributed a personal recording to millions of Israeli citizens to celebrate the passage of the law imposing a death penalty on terrorists.
State Department spokesperson affirms US respect for Israel’s sovereign right to set its own penalties for terrorism, after the Knesset approves Death Penalty for Terrorists Bill.
After the Knesset approved the law mandating the death penalty for terrorists, Minister Ben-Gvir and party raise a toast: 'May we execute as many terrorists as possible.'
The Knesset plenum approved the death penalty for terrorists law in second and third readings, after a heated debate. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voted in favor of the law
Germany, France, Italy and the UK voice concern over proposed Israeli legislation allowing death penalty for terrorists, claiming harm to human rights and 'inhumane' punishment.
Netanyahu announces he will vote in favor of the death penalty for terrorists. His statement may pave the way for support from Yisrael Beytenu, which has made its backing conditional on his personal participation. MK Avi Maoz is awaiting instructions from his rabbi.
The EU strongly criticizes Israel for advancing a bill allowing the death penalty for terrorists, calling it a “grave step backward." Israel’s Foreign Ministry hit back, accusing the EU of blatant double standards.
Yisrael Beytenu party says it will vote in favor of Otzma Yehudit's death penalty bill if the Prime Minister is present in the Knesset and votes in favor.
Death Penalty for Terrorists Bill clears a major hurdle and is scheduled to go to the Knesset plenum for final approval next week.
A terrorist is not an ordinary pursuer intending to kill a specific individual, but someone who seeks to kill any Jew who happens to cross his path. How does halakha deal with that?
A bereaved mother addressed Arab opposition members present in a committee meeting today, accusing them of supporting terror and denying the massacre.
Elad Deputy Mayor Yaniv Badlov was refused entry to the Knesset over a noose-shaped pin backing the death penalty for terrorists; the directive is under review.
Hamas captivity survivor Eliya Cohen responds to terror group's claim that bill sentencing terrorists to death would violate international treaties.
The Israel Prison Service has begun preparing to implement the death penalty law for terrorists: a hanging facility, volunteer teams, and executions to be carried out within 90 days of a final verdict.
Military court sentences terrorist who murdered Yehuda Dimentman, a young father, to life in prison, imposes unprecedented damages.
Among other things, they wrote that imposing the death penalty contradicts Jewish tradition, which effectively abolished capital-punishment laws some two thousand years ago.
Security agency tell Knesset panel the measure could serve as a deterrent, while stressing courts must retain authority to rule case by case.
Shin Bet supports death penalty for terrorists, 'there were concerns in the past regarding the implications of such a move'
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir renewed his call to pass legislation imposing the death penalty on terrorists, saying it is necessary to deter attacks and protect Israeli citizens and vowing to push the bill forward without delay.
Erfan Soltani, who was sentenced to death for his part in the protests in Iran, will not be executed.
The terrorist who murdered Binyamin Achimeir wil be tried before a military court authorized to decree capital punishment.
A former ISA official told a Knesset committee today that the cultural impact of hanging gives it more significance than other options for the death penalty.
Democrats MK Gilad Kariv noticed Otzma Yehudit MK Yitzhak Kroizer didn't have the noose pin his party has been using to call for the death penalty for terrorists and gave him one personally.
Binyamin Achimeir's family is demanding that the terrorist who murdered him be put to death. 'This is not only the desire for retribution, but the need to deter and to restore order to our society.'
Saudi Arabia executed 356 people in 2025, a new record driven by its “war on drugs.” Rights groups warn the surge contradicts the kingdom’s reform narrative and disproportionately affects foreigners.
A sentencing hearing was held today at the Samaria military court for one of the terrorists who murdered Yehuda Dimentman near Homesh about four years ago. The family demanded the death penalty.
Knesset National Security Committee discusses 'Death Penalty for Terrorists' bill, injured veteran stresses bill 'is a must.'
Defense attorneys for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers file a 500-page appeal citing juror errors and shackling concerns, seeking a resentencing from the Third Circuit Court.
The Minister of National Security spoke at a ceremony at the Police College in Beit Shemesh, and when he referred to the death penalty law for terrorists, he received thunderous applause.
Otzma Yehudit claims that the restrictions proposed by Justice Minister Yariv Levin on the death penalty law for terrorists would create future loopholes preventing its implementation.
The bill establishes a military tribunal mechanism for prosecuting participants in the October 7 attack, with the authority to impose the death penalty and without the possibility of future release.
IDF investigating image of a soldier wearing a sleeve patch depicting a noose similar to a lapel pin worn by Otzma Yehudit members to support the death penalty for terrorists.
National Security Minister says at Otzma Yehudit faction meeting that the death penalty for terrorists law would endanger the "cultural heroes" of MKs Tibi, Abbas, and Odeh.
MKs from the Otzma Yehudit party arrive at National Security Committee meeting on death penalty for terrorists wearing 'noose' pins to show commitment to passing bill.
The Cabinet discussed the proposal for the death penalty for terrorists. Shin Bet and the IDF expressed principled support for the law, calling it 'a very deterrent tool.'
A stormy clash took place this morning in the Knesset National Security Committee during a discussion on a bill to impose the death penalty on terrorists. Several MKs were ejected from the hearing.
According to the published principles, the death penalty law will only apply to the murder of Jews and there will be no ability to appeal the sentence, which will be carried out within 90 days by lethal injection.
Rabbi Yuval Cherlow stated that the death penalty for Hamas’s Nukhba terrorists is justified, but warned that sweeping legislation imposing it on all terrorists could endanger Israel.
The core argument is simple: capital punishment would convert Arab terrorists into international heroes. Opinion.
During a heated debate on the death penalty for terrorists bill, Minister Itamar Ben Gvir clashes with Arab MKs, prompting Knesset ushers to separate him from MK Ayman Odeh. The bill passes its first reading; Ben Gvir distributes baklava.
Ben Gvir noted at a faction meeting that after the first reading of the death penalty for terrorists law in the plenum, the committee will begin accelerated discussions with the aim of quickly enacting the legislation.
Bill to sentence terrorists to death expected to be brought for vote, as Ashkenazic-haredi party announces opposition, abstention.
In confidential meeting, National Security Committee notes change in security bodies' positions, as bill to allow death penalty for terrorists passes first Knesset reading.
Following an ultimatum from National Security Minister Ben Gvir, the bill will be brought to a vote next week. “It’s time to deliver justice,” he says.
Under existing law, the nukhba murderers who attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, are already eligible for execution. As things stand, none will face it. Opinion.
National Security Minister announces that if legislation for a death penalty for terrorists is not brought for a vote in the Knesset within three weeks, his party would stop voting with the coalition.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir warned that he would leave the government if Prime Minister Netanyahu did not promote the death penalty for captured Hamas terrorists.
A nation that frees its murderers cannot protect its children. The lesson Hamas learned in past deals was not Israel's mercy. It was that Jewish blood has a price-and that price is Israel's willingness to empty its prisons.
