Israel split over plans to bring back death penalty for deadly attacks
created: Jan. 31, 2026, 6:09 a.m. | updated: Feb. 2, 2026, 12:36 a.m.
"It's a win-win situation for Ben Gvir and his party to promote such a law.
Because if this law actually passes, it's for their constituency," Touma-Suleiman tells me.
"If he managed to pass it then I'm sure the Supreme Court will ask the Knesset to cancel the law, and he can start to say with the rest of the right-wing: 'You see they want to run the country when we are the ones who are elected!'"
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