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Illustrative: Members of Jordanian special forces guard at the airport upon the departure of a US delegation, in Amman, Jordan, October 13, 202. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
June 21, 2026, 7:05 pm
Jordan hangs 6 for killing security personnel after 9-year pause in death penalties
Government says men were involved in terror and drug cases between 2014 and 2022; over 100 remain on death row, Amman says executions to proceed ‘one by one’
By AFP and ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir hoists a bottle of bubbly wine in celebration after lawmakers approved legislation mandating the death penalty for West Bank Palestinians convicted of deadly terrorist acts, March 30, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 17, 2026, 11:22 pm
Death penalty law for West Bank Palestinians convicted of deadly terrorism comes into effect
‘Terrorists who murder Jews will not sit in prison in pleasant conditions… they will pay the heaviest price’ says Defense Minister Katz
By Jeremy Sharon
Abraham Bonowitz, executive director of Death Penalty Action, and other death penalty opponents hold a demonstration outside the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, September 25, 2024, asking the state to call off the scheduled execution of Alan Miller in what would be the nation's second execution using nitrogen gas. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File)
April 26, 2026, 5:23 am
US to add firing squad, electrocutions, gas asphyxiation to federal execution methods
Move comes as Justice Department struggles to obtain drugs for lethal injections after Trump rescinded moratorium on federal executions last year
By Jonathan Allen
US President Donald Trump speaks during an event for NCAA national champions in the State Dining Room of the White House, April 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
April 22, 2026, 1:24 pm
Trump says Iran ‘collapsing’ over Hormuz blockade as IRGC attacks ships in key waterway
Iranian minister denies American blockade effective, after US president extended ceasefire indefinitely; Tehran executes man accused of working with Mossad
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Activists protest against a law passed by the Knesset imposing the death penalty outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 31, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 16, 2026, 4:58 pm
Experts say death penalty law discriminatory and drastic, but not necessarily doomed
Despite constitutional flaws, judges may opt not to strike down entire measure, especially as some surmise its extreme language aims to provoke a fight with the court for political gain
By Ariela Karmel
A demonstrator wears a sticker over her mouth with the words "no execution" next to the portraits of alleged victims of crackdowns, during a silent march denouncing the deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters in the Islamic Republic, in Paris on January 31, 2026. (Sébastien DUPUY / AFP)
April 13, 2026, 9:51 am
Iran executed over 1,600 people in 2025, most since 1989, rights groups say
Tehran put 4 to 5 people to death daily throughout last year, data shows; if regime survives war, IHR says ‘serious risk that executions will be used even more extensively’
By AFP
Glenn Torshizi, whose brothers were executed by the Iranian government, joins others in a picket line at the US State Department to highlight the executions in Karaj, Iran, of People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran members, March 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
April 6, 2026, 8:02 pm
Iran hangs another young man as regime steps up executions of protesters under cover of war
Ali Fahim, 23, is hanged for alleged attack on Basij base during January protests, in what is said to be the regime’s 10th execution of political prisoners in 8 days
By AFP and ToI Staff
A man identified in Arabic media as a Syrian security officer, right, hoists a Palestinian flag he removed from the United Arab Emirates embassy building in Damascus, Syria, April 3, 2026, amid a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protest. (Screen capture: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 5, 2026, 12:15 am
UAE condemns ‘acts of vandalism’ after anti-Israel riot at its embassy in Damascus
Guard kisses and hoists Palestinian flag while detaining man who flew it on building, as protesters against Israel’s new death penalty law try to storm the UAE’s ‘Zionist embassy’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (right) celebrates the passing of the death penalty law for terrorists in the Knesset, March 30, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 3, 2026, 1:05 pm
The death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of deadly acts of terror is unconstitutional
Racist and legally flawed, this legislation undermines Israel’s core values as a Jewish and democratic state. The High Court has a moral imperative to strike it down
By Yuval Yoaz
Illustrative image from an Israeli prison, January 21, 2025 (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
April 2, 2026, 2:45 pm
‘Entrenches apartheid’: UAE, 7 other Muslim countries blast Israeli death penalty law
Statement by FMs, many from countries which also enforce death penalty, decries law’s discriminatory nature toward Palestinians, says it risks ‘exacerbating tensions’
By AFP, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Palestinians demonstrate against Israel's new death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of deadly acts of terror in Nablus, West Bank, March 31, 2026. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
April 2, 2026, 2:14 am
West Bank Palestinians protest, go on strike against new death penalty law
Strike called by PA sees shops shut, universities closed as critics decry law mandating death penalty for Palestinians convicted of deadly terrorism as unjust
By Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron (not in picture) at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 11, 2025. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)
March 31, 2026, 1:30 pm
PA, rights groups denounce death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of deadly terror
Palestinian Authority President Abbas says legislation violates international and humanitarian law; Hamas threatens attacks to retaliate for law’s passage
By ToI Staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (right) celebrates the passing of the death penalty law for terrorists in the Knesset, March 30, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 31, 2026, 12:38 am
Knesset passes death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of deadly acts of terror
Backed by Netanyahu, measure mandates hanging and bars right to appeal, despite opposition from security, legal officials; rights groups, opposition parties to petition High Court to cancel it
By Ariela Karmel, Reuters and Jeremy Sharon
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Knesset National Security Committee chair MK Zvika Fogel at a Knesset committee meeting in Jerusalem, March 24, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 24, 2026, 11:53 pm
MKs advance death penalty for terrorists bill for final Knesset plenum votes
Knesset National Security Committee approves controversial bill after PMO insisted on several changes and more than 2,000 revisions were filed by opposition lawmakers
By Ariela Karmel, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (right) in the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, March 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 14, 2026, 8:56 pm
PM said pushing to soften wording of bill mandating death penalty for terrorists
Report says Netanyahu looking to allow judicial discretion on sentencing, remove clause specifying it only applies to those who kill Israelis, fearing international legal pressure
By ToI Staff
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