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Ori Ansbacher (Courtesy)
February 10, 2019, 7:02 pm
As Shin Bet probes motive in teen’s murder, politicians say it was terror
Security agency, which generally only investigates terror-related incidents, holding suspect from Hebron in Ori Ansbacher’s killing
By Jacob Magid and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 9, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
February 10, 2019, 1:58 pm
Netanyahu vows to deduct terror payments from PA starting ‘next week’
Facing public pressure after killing of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher by Palestinian suspect, PM says ‘no one should doubt’ deductions will be implemented
By TOI staff
Israeli troops measure the Hebron home of a Palestinian man suspected of murdering Ori Ansbacher in Jerusaelm, on February 10, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 10, 2019, 9:09 am
IDF readies to raze home of Jerusalem murder suspect, indicating terror motive
Army measures Hebron house of Arafat Irfayia, who is suspected of killing 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher in Jerusalem wooded area
By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
An Israeli woman holds a sign reading 'Our blood is not worthless,' during a rally in Tel Aviv on February 9, 2019, following the murder of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 10, 2019, 6:45 am
Justice minister urges death penalty for suspect in Jerusalem murder
Ayelet Shaked and other ministers say killing of Ori Ansbacher in wooded area of capital was nationalistic in nature, as investigation continues
By TOI staff
Ori Ansbacher (Courtesy)
February 9, 2019, 9:32 pm
PM, president laud capture of Israeli teen’s killer; hardliners demand reprisal
As Netanyahu and Rivlin praise security forces for quickly nabbing suspect, ministers Bennett and Shaked call for implementation of law cutting PA funding over terror payments
By Jacob Magid
US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan arrives for a discussion on pro bono service, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, at Georgetown Law University in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
February 8, 2019, 11:23 pm
Kagan in Supreme Court says condemned Jews and Muslims need choice of clergy
In dissent to ruling that allowed Alabama to execute a Muslim without an imam by his side, justice says denial violated constitutional ban on establishing a state religion
By JTA
This undated file photo from the Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Dominique Ray. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP)
February 8, 2019, 4:30 pm
Alabama executes Muslim inmate who wanted imam present
Dominique Ray had argued Alabama’s execution procedure favors Christian prisoners; Supreme Court allows it to proceed in a 5-4 decision
By AP
A Palestinian prisoner holds the bars of a jail cell, illustrative (Channel 2 news)
December 11, 2018, 9:10 am
MKs advance bill making terror convicts ineligible for parole
Legislation would prevent inmates with murder or attempted murder convictions in terrorism-related cases from applying for early release
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Gallows (CristiNistor/iStock)
November 16, 2018, 1:39 am
As Knesset advances death penalty bill, Israel at UN joins calls to end practice
Jerusalem one of 123 nations voting for resolution hailing the ‘possibility of moving away from capital punishment through domestic decision-making’
By Raphael Ahren
(From L-R) Likud MK Oren Hazan, Samaria Regional Council chairman Yossi Dagan, and relatives of Kim Levengrond Yehezkel and Ziv Hajbi, who were killed in a terror attack at the Barkan Industrial Zone march in their memory to the site of the attack on November 6, 2018. (Samaria Regional Council)
November 7, 2018, 9:36 am
Hundreds join families of Barkan terror victims in protest calling for reprisal
Relatives of Kim Levengrond Yehezkel and Ziv Hajbi scoff at IDF order to demolish parts of building where Ashraf Na’alowa lived; call for death penalty against killer
By Jacob Magid
Head of the Shin Bet security service Nadav Argaman attends the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset on November 6, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 6, 2018, 2:31 pm
Shin Bet chief ‘unequivocally’ against death penalty for terrorists
Nadav Argaman says legislation being pushed by defense minister to allow execution of Palestinian attackers is ‘not helpful’
By Tamar Pileggi and Raoul Wootliff
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visit the IDF's West Bank Division, near the Israeli settlement of Beit El, on January 10, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 5, 2018, 10:55 am
Netanyahu green-lights death penalty for terrorists
PM reportedly tells lawmakers that opposition from the security establishment shouldn’t stall controversial bill championed by defense minister
By Raoul Wootliff
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at a luncheon event organized by the Boston Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society, October 29, 2018, at a hotel in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
October 29, 2018, 11:52 pm
Sessions: Pittsburgh shooting ‘an attack on all people of faith’
US attorney general hints he could approve request to sentence perpetrator to death for deadly synagogue attack
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
United States Attorney Scott Brady, at podium, speaks with members of the media during a news conference in the aftermath of a deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
October 29, 2018, 4:57 am
Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Pittsburgh synagogue killer
Eight men and three women were killed when Robert Bowers opened fire; he told police he wanted ‘kill Jews’
By AP
Mother Hava and relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of Kim Levengrond Yehezkel, aged 28, one of the two Israelis killed earlier in a terrorist attack, on October 7, 2018, in Rosh Haayin. (AFP PHOTO / Gil COHEN-MAGEN)
October 11, 2018, 11:30 am
Knesset to weigh extending jail time for terror killings
Bill that would increase minimum sentence from 40 to 60 years has cross-party support; Yisrael Beytenu renews push for death penalty for terrorists
By TOI staff
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