Current sectionIsrael NewsShare 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 formatSubscribeMembers of Betar next to the grave of Shlomo Ben-Yosef, 1938. He was described as a pioneering hero. Credit: Jabotinsky InstituteDuring the Yishuv's struggle for independence, extremists in the Revisionist movement hoped the British would condemn their people to death. What lay behind the longing for the gallows, and how does it play out today?08:11 AM • May 22 2026 IDTAs part of his campaign to promote the death penalty for Arab terrorists, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir recently posted a video that was shot in Jerusalem's Museum of Underground Prisoners, in the room commemorating those who were executed by the British during the Mandate period. In the video, Ben-Gvir is standing next to the hangman's noose, pointing to it and saying, "I'm dying to execute terrorists."In the NewsA Mayor Took on the 'Mafia' Choking Israel's Arab Towns – and Nearly Died for It'In Germany I Became More Calculated. I Was a Lot Looser When I Got There'Hundreds of Gaza Flotilla Activists Arrive in Turkey After Israel DeportationThe Raucous and Roundabout Story of Reform JudaismWhat AI Mental Health Apps Really Do With Your Most Personal ThoughtsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIICC Prosecutor Seeks Warrants for Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, Other Israeli OfficialsEverybody Loses in the Cynical Israeli-Palestinian Sexual Violence CompetitionThe Most Consequential Republican Primary for Israel Is Happening in KentuckyIsraeli Settler Filmed Abusing Palestinian-owned Dog in West BankUnmoved by Trump's Ticking Clock, Iran Forms a New Reality in the Persian Gulf`Why Asking 'Are You a Zionist?': Is No Longer Relevant