While the death penalty exists for a small number of crimes in Israel, it has become a de facto abolitionist country – the Nazi Holocaust perpetrator Adolf Eichmann was the last person to be executed in 1962.

While the death penalty exists for a small number of crimes in Israel, it has become a de facto abolitionist country – the Nazi Holocaust perpetrator Adolf Eichmann was the last…

Mit 39 zu 16 Stimmen passierte ein Gesetzentwurf zur Einführung der Todesstrafe für Terroristen die erste Hürde. Befürworter erhoffen sich Gerechtigkeit – Kritiker warnen vor…

Critics say the bill would apply only to Arabs who kill Jews, not the other way around.

The requirement means the penalty would likely be used only against Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks on Israelis.