Is the death penalty for terrorists proposed by Ben Gvir ‘Jewish’?
As appeared in the JerusalemPost . By Alex Sternberg and David S. Levine Arab terrorism has been rising not only in Gaza but also in Yehuda and Shomron. Terrorists are mounting deadly attacks with increasing frequency. Some believe this increase in terror is directly tied to lenient prison sentences meted out by the courts. Even when the sentence is life in prison without the possibility of parole, the terrorists understand that, in reality, they will remain in jail only until the next prisoner/hostage exchange. When such murderers are exchanged, they immediately return to terrorism, free to kill again. Yahya Sinwar is a perfect example of this. Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s Minister for National Security, has proposed a law that would extend the death penalty to any terrorist convicted of murdering Jews. Israel, of course, abolished the death penalty in 1954, only reinstating it once in the case of the arch-Nazi Adolf Eichmann. As ever...