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Ben Gvir says he will propose law allowing death penalty for terrorists

29 January 2023, 2:13 am Edit

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks to onlookers at the scene of a terror attack in Jerusalem's Neve Yaakov neighborhood, on January 27, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks to onlookers at the scene of a terror attack in Jerusalem's Neve Yaakov neighborhood, on January 27, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir says after a security cabinet meeting that he will soon propose a law allowing for the death penalty against terrorists.

“I hope we will pass it with a big majority,” he says in a statement.

He says the security cabinet’s newly announced measures in response to terrorism are “important” but that he wants “a lot more and I will continue and will strive for more and more decisions for combating terror.”