{"id":8864,"date":"2026-09-23T12:07:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T09:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/?p=8864"},"modified":"2026-09-23T12:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T09:07:43","slug":"first-case-in-which-racist-new-death-penalty-law-could-be-applied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/first-case-in-which-racist-new-death-penalty-law-could-be-applied\/","title":{"rendered":"First Case in Which Racist New Death Penalty Law Could be Applied"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" dir=\"ltr\">Following the killing of an Israeli citizen in the West Bank on Sunday, Sept. 20, Minister of<br>National Security Itamar Ben Gvir called for the Death Penalty for Terrorists Law, 5786\u20132026<br>to be applied to the arrested suspect, stating that &#8220;it is a mandatory sentence.&#8221;<br>Unfortunately, under the terms of a racist and draconian law passed in March 2026 &#8211; he could<br>be right. This case presents the first real test of the law and of Israel\u2019s threat to deviate from<br>its 64-year moratorium on the death penalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Death-Penalty-Law-application-First-potential-case-Sept.-20-2026.pdf\">Read the full Briefing Note<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"figure\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"figure\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"figure\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the killing of an Israeli citizen in the West Bank on Sunday, Sept. 20, Minister ofNational Security Itamar Ben Gvir called for the Death Penalty for Terrorists Law, 5786\u20132026to be applied to the arrested suspect, stating that &#8220;it is a mandatory sentence.&#8221;Unfortunately, under the terms of a racist and draconian law passed in March<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,411],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-statments"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>First Case in Which Racist New Death Penalty Law Could be Applied &#8211; stoptorture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/first-case-in-which-racist-new-death-penalty-law-could-be-applied\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First Case in Which Racist New Death Penalty Law Could be Applied &#8211; stoptorture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following the killing of an Israeli citizen in the West Bank on Sunday, Sept. 20, Minister ofNational Security Itamar Ben Gvir called for the Death Penalty for Terrorists Law, 5786\u20132026to be applied to the arrested suspect, stating that &#8220;it is a mandatory sentence.&#8221;Unfortunately, under the terms of a racist and draconian law passed in March\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/first-case-in-which-racist-new-death-penalty-law-could-be-applied\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"stoptorture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Stop.Torture\/?ref=pages_you_manage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-23T09:07:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-23T09:07:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/\u05ea\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4-\u05d0\u05d5\u05d3\u05d5\u05ea-\u05de\u05e2\u05de\u05d5\u05d3-\u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"425\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"307\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tali-stoptorture\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@stoptorture_il\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@stoptorture_il\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tali-stoptorture\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/first-case-in-which-racist-new-death-penalty-law-could-be-applied\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/first-case-in-which-racist-new-death-penalty-law-could-be-applied\/\",\"name\":\"First Case in Which Racist New Death Penalty Law Could be Applied &#8211; stoptorture\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-23T09:07:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-23T09:07:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/#\/schema\/person\/aa450f137c80d22e5c1f7e7d7be2f7bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/first-case-in-which-racist-new-death-penalty-law-could-be-applied\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/first-case-in-which-racist-new-death-penalty-law-could-be-applied\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/first-case-in-which-racist-new-death-penalty-law-could-be-applied\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u05d3\u05e3 \u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"First Case in Which Racist New Death Penalty Law Could be Applied\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/\",\"name\":\"stoptorture\",\"description\":\"stoptorture\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/#\/schema\/person\/aa450f137c80d22e5c1f7e7d7be2f7bb\",\"name\":\"Tali-stoptorture\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/author\/tali-stoptorture\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"First Case in Which Racist New Death Penalty Law Could be Applied &#8211; stoptorture","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/first-case-in-which-racist-new-death-penalty-law-could-be-applied\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"First Case in Which Racist New Death Penalty Law Could be Applied &#8211; stoptorture","og_description":"Following the killing of an Israeli citizen in the West Bank on Sunday, Sept. 20, Minister ofNational Security Itamar Ben Gvir called for the Death Penalty for Terrorists Law, 5786\u20132026to be applied to the arrested suspect, stating that &#8220;it is a mandatory sentence.&#8221;Unfortunately, under the terms of a racist and draconian law passed in March","og_url":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/first-case-in-which-racist-new-death-penalty-law-could-be-applied\/","og_site_name":"stoptorture","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Stop.Torture\/?ref=pages_you_manage","article_published_time":"2026-09-23T09:07:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-23T09:07:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":425,"height":307,"url":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/\u05ea\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4-\u05d0\u05d5\u05d3\u05d5\u05ea-\u05de\u05e2\u05de\u05d5\u05d3-\u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Tali-stoptorture","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@stoptorture_il","twitter_site":"@stoptorture_il","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tali-stoptorture","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/first-case-in-which-racist-new-death-penalty-law-could-be-applied\/","url":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/first-case-in-which-racist-new-death-penalty-law-could-be-applied\/","name":"First Case in Which Racist New Death Penalty Law Could be Applied &#8211; stoptorture","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-09-23T09:07:40+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-23T09:07:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/#\/schema\/person\/aa450f137c80d22e5c1f7e7d7be2f7bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/first-case-in-which-racist-new-death-penalty-law-could-be-applied\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/first-case-in-which-racist-new-death-penalty-law-could-be-applied\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/first-case-in-which-racist-new-death-penalty-law-could-be-applied\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u05d3\u05e3 \u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea","item":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"First Case in Which Racist New Death Penalty Law Could be Applied"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/#website","url":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/","name":"stoptorture","description":"stoptorture","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/#\/schema\/person\/aa450f137c80d22e5c1f7e7d7be2f7bb","name":"Tali-stoptorture","url":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/author\/tali-stoptorture\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8865,"href":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8864\/revisions\/8865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoptorture.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}