Ben-Gvir Unveils Hanging Facility, Viewing Booths for Terrorists in Israeli Prison
- On Tuesday, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced that Israel is constructing a death-row wing featuring a dedicated execution facility for convicted terrorists within central Israel.
- The project fulfills a core campaign pledge by Ben-Gvir and his Otzma Yehudit party following the Knesset's passage of the Terrorists Law in March to toughen security prisoner conditions.
- "We are making history," Ben-Gvir emphasized, noting the facility includes viewing booths for victims' families, with several members of the Choosing Life Forum serving as official inspectors under the Terrorists Law.
- Arguing it discriminates against Palestinians, Israeli-Arab lawmakers challenged the law in the High Court in April, while the policy remains controversial as Israel historically used capital punishment only in exceptional circumstances.
- Moving beyond the historical precedent of the execution of Adolf Eichmann in 1962, this initiative represents a significant shift in Israeli criminal policy, aiming to impose the most severe penalties on convicted terrorists.
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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir released a video showing the scaffold site on which Palestinian terrorists will be hanged. (ANSA)
In a video broadcast on its social media channels, the Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir announced the construction of an area for execution by hanging the...
The Israeli minister is in the spotlight of international criticism for his recent statements in favor of executing Palestinians on a daily and systematic basis in Gaza
Israel builds execution chamber for Palestinian prisoners as Ben-Gvir threatens assassinations in Gaza
The Israeli government is building an execution facility to hang Palestinian prisoners, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced Tuesday in a statement from his office. In video released from the site—a prison in central Israel that his office did not name—Ben-Gvir walks through the wing being built for condemned prisoners and says “gallows will be erected” there.
Extremist minister Ben Gvir announced gallows with "observation booths" for Palestinians: "I promised to pass the death penalty law for terrorists, and we have approved it. And now, also the death row and the gallows begin to take shape."
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