Israel’s Ben-Gvir threatens Palestinians with death penalty by ‘electric chair’
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Monday vowed to push for death penalty by the electric chair for Palestinians “involved in attacks against Israelis.”
“Anyone who murders, harms and slaughters civilians should be sent to the electric chair,” Ben-Gvir said during a meeting of his far-right Jewish Strength Party as cited by Israeli Channel 13.
Ben-Gvir is pushing the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) to pass a bill to use death penalty against Palestinians involved in attacks against Israelis.
The minister said he asked for imposing a curfew on Palestinian neighborhoods that pose a threat to Israel and to arrest those holding weapons.
On Sunday, Ben-Gvir ordered the demolition of 14 Palestinian-owned homes in occupied East Jerusalem under the pretext of lack of construction permits, according to his office.
Tension has flared up in the Palestinian territories in recent days.
Seven Israelis were killed in a gun attack near a synagogue in occupied East Jerusalem on Friday, a day after nine Palestinians were killed in an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin.
Ben-Gvir has previously called for the displacement of Palestinians from their homes. He has repeatedly joined Israeli settlers in storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in East Jerusalem.
The politician triggered a storm of condemnations from around the world on Jan. 3, when he visited the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex.
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