The bill’s passage marked the culmination of a yearslong push by Israel’s far right to escalate punishment for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic offenses against Israelis.
Israel’s Parliament on Monday passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis.
The bill’s passage marked the culmination of a yearslong push by Israel’s far-right to escalate punishment for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic offenses against Israelis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to the chamber to vote yes in person.
The law makes the death penalty — by hanging — the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted for nationalistic killings. The law also gives Israeli courts the authority to impose either the death penalty or life imprisonment on its own citizens. It is not retro-active and will apply only to future cases.
The measure has been harshly condemned by Israeli and Palestinian rights groups, who say it is racist, draconian and unlikely to deter attacks by Palestinian attackers.
When the measure passed, the chamber erupted into cheers. Israel’s firebrand minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who spearheaded the push for the legislation, brandished a bottle in celebration. Netanyahu sat motionless.
Far-right lawmaker Limor Son Har-Melech, one of the bill’s original sponsors, wiped tears from her eyes. Har-Melech’s first husband was killed by a Palestinian militant attack in the West Bank.
Within minutes, the Association of Civil Rights in Israel said it had petitioned Israel’s highest court challenging the law, calling it “discriminatory by design” and “enacted without legal authority” over West Bank Palestinians.
The legislation calls for the death penalty to go into effect within 30 days.
Directly before voting began, Ben Gvir made a bellowing speech from the podium, describing the law as long overdue and a sign of strength and national pride.
“From today, every terrorist will know, and the whole world will know, that whoever takes a life, the State of Israel will take their life,” he said.
On his lapel he wore the pin that has become his signature: a small metal noose.
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Four citizens were injured by gunfire and beating today, Saturday, as a result of an attack by settlers on Kisan village east of Bethlehem. They also seized dozens of sheep belonging to one of the citizens.
The head of the Kisan village council, Musa Abayat, reported that a group of settlers attacked the citizens in the aforementioned village and fired live ammunition at them, resulting in injuries to two citizens from gunfire, while two others were beaten, and all injuries were described as moderate.
He added that the settlers also confiscated about 100 sheep belonging to citizen Attallah Ibrahim Abayat, as part of the repeated assaults targeting citizens and their properties in the Kisan area.
2026.3.14 الشرطة تقبض على مشتبه به بالتشهير بمواطن وعائلته في طوباس
طوباس – قبض فرع المباحث العامة اليوم السبت، على مشتبه به بالتشهير بمواطن وعائلته عبر مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي في طوباس، بعد تلقي شكوى من مواطن حول قيام مجهول بذلك، وبالبحث والتحري الالكتروني من قبل دائرة الجرائم الإلكترونية تم حصر الاشتباه بشخص والقبض عليه.
2026.3.13 الشرطة تقبض على مشتبه به بتقطيع أشجار حرجية في طوباس
طوباس – تمكن فرع شرطة السياحة والآثار، اليوم الجمعة، من القبض على شخص يُشتبه بقيامه بتقطيع أشجار حرجية داخل أحراش بلدة عقابا شمال المحافظة
وتم التحفظ على المشتبه به لإحالته إلى النيابة العامة، لاستكمال الإجراءات القانونية بحقه.
2026.3.10 Occupation Forces Arrest Several Citizens in the West Bank and Jerusalem
The Israeli occupation forces arrested a young man from the village of Al-Aqaba east of Tubas this evening, Tuesday.
The director of the Prisoners Club in Tubas, Kamal Bani Ouda, reported that the occupation arrested the young man Owais Abdul Hadi Ahmad Jaber from the village of Al-Aqaba east of Tubas.
Additionally, other forces arrested a citizen from the town of Bir Nabala northwest of Jerusalem.
Local sources reported that the occupation forces arrested citizen Hassan Khalil Al-Owaidat after storming the town.
Occupation forces also arrested two young men near the town of Al-Eizariya southeast of occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources indicated that the occupation forces stopped the vehicle carrying the two young men at the entrance of Al-Eizariya, searched it, and arrested them.
The towns and villages of Jerusalem are experiencing repeated incursions by the occupation forces, accompanied by raids, searches, and arrests among the citizens.
A magistrate court in Haifa released five members of the Dalasha family from the city on Sunday, while extending the detention of the sixth detainee for an additional ten days, following their arrest the day before after being subjected to an assault by the Israeli police.
The occupation police had arrested six family members, including a woman, on Saturday after assaulting them during a search of a vehicle belonging to the family in Haifa. The events escalated into confrontations involving police violence, before transferring the family members to court for their case review.
The family reported that after hours of detention, police released the young man Samer Dalasha, while his wife and two sons, Asil (22 years old) and Bassem (16 years old), along with his brothers Ali and Hamza, were brought before the court. Yesterday, the court decided to release the wife and the two sons, along with brother Ali, who was released due to suffering from a psychological condition, while extending the detention of brother Hamza for ten days.
Samer Dalasha stated that the police arrested his wife, two sons, and brothers during a search of the family vehicle, indicating that around 35 police officers were present at the scene and assaulted family members, including his brother who suffers from a mental illness.
He added that the police “used excessive force against everyone,” noting that the court decided to release his wife, two sons, and brother Ali, while keeping brother Hamza detained under the pretext of finding a knife in his possession, a claim the family denies and considers an attempt to justify the assault they endured.
Dalasha emphasized that the assault on his family members, including his wife, aims to “break their spirits,” considering what happened to fall within what he described as arbitrary policies and practices exercised by the police against the residents of Haifa.
He concluded by stating that the government’s and police’s treatment of Arab citizens has “entered a new phase of violence,” affirming that “the family will remain attached to its land and Palestinian identity despite what they are subjected to.”
The police have not issued any official comment on the incident or the family’s statements until the time of preparing this news report.
2026.3.9 الشرطة تكشف ملابسات ابتزاز مالي لمواطنة في جنين
جنين – كشفت المباحث العامة اليوم الإثنين، ملابسات ابتزاز مالي لمواطنة وقبضت على 3 أشخاص مشتبه بهم في جنين .
وبعد ورود شكوى للمباحث العامة من مواطنةً حول تعرضها للابتزاز مالي وتهديها بنشر صورها وفيديوهات خاصة بها عبر مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي من قبل مجهولين في حال لم تقم بدفع مليون شيكل لهم، على الفور باشرت دائرة الجرائم الإلكترونية في المباحث العامة إجراءات البحث والتحري، وتم حصر الاشتباه بثلاثة أشخاص والقبض عليهم .
وتم التحفظ على المشتبه بهم لإحالتهم للنيابة العامة لاستكمال الإجراءات القانونية اللازمة بحقهم
2026.3.9 كشف لغز سرقة مصاغ ذهبي بقيمة مليون و200 ألف شيقل في طولكرم
طولكرم – صرّح الناطق الإعلامي باسم الشرطة العميد لؤي إرزيقات، اليوم الإثنين، أن المباحث العامة نجحت في كشف لغز سرقة مصاغ ذهبي من أحد المنازل في بلدة بلعا شمال شرق طولكرم، وذلك عقب متابعة دقيقة لحركة بيع وشراء الذهب داخل محلات المجوهرات في المحافظة.
وأوضح إرزيقات، أنه وبناءً على التحريات المكثفة وجمع المعلومات، جرى حصر الاشتباه بشخصين قاما ببيع جزء من المصاغ، حيث تم إحضارهما والتحقيق معهما، وبسماع أقوالهما أقرا بسرقة المصاغ من منزل أحد أقاربهما.
وأضاف إرزيقات أن المشتبه بهما حاولا تضليل العائلة إلا أن التحقيقات الدقيقة كشفت حقيقة ما جرى، وتمكنت الشرطة من ضبط جزء من المصاغ مخبأً في منطقة زراعية داخل البلدة.
وأكد إرزيقات أنه جرى التحفظ على المشتبه بهما والمضبوطات، تمهيداً لإحالتهما إلى النيابة العامة لاستكمال الإجراءات القانونية اللازمة بحقهما.
2026.3.8 الشرطة تقبض على مشتبه به بسرقة 3 فلل في الخليل
الخليل – قبضت الشرطة، اليوم الأحد، على مشتبه به بسرقة ثلاثة فلل في بلدة ترقوميا غرب محافظة الخليل .
وبعد تلقي الشرطة عدة شكاوى خلال الفترة الماضية حول قيام مجهول بسرقة محتويات الفلل الخاصة بهم، على الفور باشرت المباحث العامة إجراءات البحث والتحري وجمع المعلومات، وتمكنت من القبض على المشتبه به والتحفظ عليه لإحالته للنيابة العامة لاستكمال الإجراءات القانونية اللازمة بحقه.
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