After the German Foreign Minister’s criticism of the death penalty law for terrorists promoted by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gabir, here news learned this morning (Monday) that a number of European countries have been working in recent days on a joint statement that would come out against the law.
European officials said that abolishing the death penalty worldwide is a priority for the European Union. “We see the punishment as inhumane, cruel and ineffective,” added the sources.
Ben Gvir: “We are not Switzerland”
Following the report, Minister Ben Gvir responded to the words in an interview this morning on Network B and said that “we are not Switzerland. They will experience the terror we are experiencing. We must look the members of the bereaved families in the eyes to understand how essential the death penalty is for terrorists.”
As I recall, the law was approved in a preliminary reading last Wednesday. The initiator of the law, MK Limor Son Har Melech, whose husband was murdered, said after its approval that it was a “just and moral law. We will fight terrorism with genius and an upright back.”
In addition to the opposition of European parties, with the approval of the law in preliminary reading, parties in the coalition admit in closed conversations that in the end the law will not be finally approved.
Will the ultra-Orthodox oppose? (Photo: Olivia Pitosi/Flash90)
Estimates in the coalition that the opposition of the ultra-Orthodox factions, together with the fact that a discussion in the political-security cabinet is expected soon, in which the top security officials are also expected to express their disapproval of the wording of the law, will bring the legislative process to a halt.