ISRAELI MILITARY TO IMPLEMENT DEATH PENALTY AGAINST PALESTINIAN ATTACKERS IN WEST BANK

Mon 18 May 2026:

Hebrew media reported that Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has instructed the implementation of the death penalty against Palestinians accused of carrying out attacks in the occupied West Bank, a move previously pushed by far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

Israel’s Channel 14 said that, under Katz’s instructions, the death penalty “will be adopted as the first option and punishment against any attacker arrested alive after killing Israelis”.

The channel added that the decision was signed on Sunday by the commander of the Israeli army’s Central Command, Major General Avi Bluth, following Katz’s directive to begin enforcing the law

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According to the report, the order allows the implementation of the death penalty against attackers in the West Bank in line with legal provisions.

Katz said: “The era of containment is over. Those who murder Jews will not sit in prisons under favourable conditions, will not wait for deals and will not dream of being released — they will pay the ultimate price.”

He added: “Immediately after the law was approved, I instructed the Israeli army to work on implementing it in the West Bank as well. Today, with the signing of the amended order by the Central Command chief, we are turning the new policy into a tangible reality.”

To apply the law in the West Bank following its approval by the Knesset, an amendment was required to make it applicable. This is because the West Bank is not directly subject to Israeli civil law in such matters, but is instead governed by a system of military orders and military courts.

-MEMO

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