Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeSeptember 29, 2025The Knesset's National Security Committee decided by a vote of 4-1 on Sunday to advance a bill requiring a mandatory death sentence for terrorists. Though both the title of the bill and its contents promise a death sentence for terrorists, the debate and vote were full of populist provocations aimed at torpedoing the talks on a hostage deal, worsening the hostages' situation and fanning the winds of war. The result won't be a death sentence for terrorists, but a death sentence for the hostages.In the NewsMoving on Without Hamas: Gaza Board of Peace Loses Patience, Pushes Trump PlanIsrael Attacks New York Times for Report on Sexual Violence by Israeli ForcesStolen Rare Coin Showing Temple Artifacts Being Returned From New York to IsraelExplosive Hearing on Israel's Next Spy Chief Exposes the Country's Moral TrapJ'lem Church Leaders Urge Knesset to Address 'Hate Crimes' Against ChristiansRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIWhatsApp Co-founder Donates Record-breaking $200 Million to Jerusalem HospitalThe Mysterious Copper Scroll and the End of DaysLeaked Video of Arab Lawyer's Violent Arrest Contradicts Israel Police Account'A Slave Economy': Inside Israel's ultra-Orthodox Parallel StateConstruction Begins on Bypass Road to Bring 'One Million' Israelis to West BankZionism Didn't Go Wrong, It Was Always Built This Way