The law details how judges are to be selected, how trials are to be conducted and provides for an appeals process.
War on Terror
93–0: The Knesset unanimously passed a law establishing a special tribunal for the perpetrators of October 7, 2023. Justice Minister Levin called it the most important moment of the current Knesset.
The new law seeks to operationalize long-standing legal provisions and strengthen deterrence against terrorist violence.
Limor Son Har-Melech, who introduced the bill and whose husband was murdered in a 2003 terror attack, stated that the “historic law” means “whoever chooses to murder Jews because they are Jews forfeits their right to live.”
Under the proposed law, terrorist murderers would face execution by hanging.
Prime Minister Netanyahu has signed the first official decree enabling Israel to revoke the citizenship of convicted terrorists and expel them from the country.
14 terror suspects arrested – extensive weapons finds during multi-day operation in Judea and Samaria.
Hundreds of thousands of weapons are smuggled into Israel every year through the Egyptian and Jordanian borders using sophisticated drones and organized smuggling networks, posing what Israeli officials now define as a strategic threat.
“I think we actually need to learn something from the US. The death penalty for terrorists. That’s what’s needed,” the national security minister said.
As Israel closes the chapter on hostage recovery, the prime minister signals a new phase of deterrence—with zero leniency for terrorists and stronger penalties ahead.
