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Death penalty for Pittsburgh terrorist is wrong
Sentencing Robert Bowers to death isn’t likely to honor the victims. What’s worse, it might build up the case for capital punishment for terrorists in Israel. Prosecutors are reportedly planning to seek the death penalty for Robert Bowers, suspected of murdering 11 Jews in a mass shooting attack as they celebrated a bris at their…
By
Dahlia Scheindlin
November 2, 2018
As Netanyahu scandals deepen, the more extreme his policies get
From outlawing foreign funding for human rights NGOs to reviving the death penalty (for Palestinians), to population transfer and more, Benjamin Netanyahu is going a little wild. It probably isn’t unrelated to the multiple police investigations into him and his friends. Benjamin Netanyahu has a few things in common with Donald Trump. The two men…
By
Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
August 1, 2017
There is no reason to trust Israel’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy
While the government claims to take a ‘zero tolerance’ stance on terrorism — whether Palestinian or Jewish — the reality on the ground paints a very different picture. The phrase “zero tolerance” is doing brisk business in Israel-Palestine. Public figures like to talk tough in violent times and 2015 has been a particularly bloody year…
By
Natasha Roth-Rowland
November 3, 2015
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A death penalty for terrorists would be terrible for Israel
Not only would the death penalty have no deterrent effect on bona fide terrorists. It’s just plain wrong. Update: On Sunday afternoon, Haaretz reports that the Prime Minister postponed the ministerial debate on the death penalty bill for three months – most likely a delaying tactic. He also instructed the formation of a government committee…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
July 12, 2015
The death penalty is making a comeback in Israel
By sentencing Palestinians convicted of murder to death, the Israeli Right will only bring the mutual cruelty between Jews and Palestinians to another level. No one really wants to look back and learn anything from history. Every colonial regime convinces itself at some point to raise the level of brutality in order to force the natives…
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Noam Sheizaf
July 9, 2015
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