Netanyahu in dramatic statement to the family of the murdered man: impose the death penalty on the terrorist
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly and explicitly expressed support for imposing the death penalty on the terrorist who carried out the shooting attack in Binyamin, in which Netanel Shokron was murdered. The remarks were made during a condolence call with the family, after his son Yoav, who survived the shooting, asked Netanyahu whether the state would demand the execution of the murderer. Netanyahu replied that the law on the death penalty was enacted precisely for this purpose, and that the legal system must act to implement it immediately.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly and explicitly expressed support for imposing the death penalty on the terrorist who carried out the deadly shooting attack in Binyamin, in which Netanel Shokron was murdered. The remarks were made during a condolence call Netanyahu held with the family of the murdered man, after his son Yoav, who survived the shooting at the spring, asked the Prime Minister whether the state would demand the execution of the murderer. Netanyahu replied: "This is exactly why we enacted the law on the death penalty for terrorists; it is fitting and necessary that the legal system act immediately to implement it in accordance with the law." This is the first time the Prime Minister has demanded the practical and immediate application of the law to a specific case. His position joins the calls of coalition chairman Ofir Katz and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. Following the statement, a group of Likud MKs is preparing to approach the military prosecution to demand the death penalty in the indictment. The attack occurred on the eve of Yom Kippur at the Ein Raya spring near Neve Tzuf. The terrorist, a 37-year-old Hamas man from the Bir Zeit area, was captured by Duvdevan fighters at a hospital in Ramallah. The legal process may become the first precedent-setting test of the new law, which passed in the Knesset in March and took effect in early April. The new law removed the requirement for a unanimous decision or an explicit request from the prosecution, and stipulated that no pardon could be granted to a terrorist sentenced to death. Alongside this, the article notes that although the law on deporting terrorists passed in the Knesset over three years ago, not a single terrorist has been deported.