Posted on 05/19/2016 12:23:20 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Former Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has roundly condemned the reported agreement between the Likud and Yisrael Beytenu parties, to include provisions for implementing the death penalty for terrorists as part of a coalition deal.
Under the agreement, a new directive will be issued to military courts, by which only a simply majority of two judges will be needed to sentence a terrorist murderer to death, as opposed to the unanimous requirement currently in place.
Imposing a death penalty for terrorist killers was one of the key conditions set by Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman for entering the governing coalition.
While the death penalty technically exists under Israeli law, it has only ever been implement once - the hanging of Nazi leader and "Final Solution" architect Adolf Eichmann.
Weinstein reacted furiously to the reported deal, telling the left-wing Haaretz paper that current Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit should veto the move, or threaten to resign.
"I said that I would not (agree to be) appointed as Attorney General if there will be a death penalty here," Weinstein said. "I think that this is without a doubt the appropriate position (to take), and I think that Mandelblit also needs to vigorously oppose this ruling."
Explaining his objection to capital punishment, Weinstein noted that Israel would be bucking a global trend by which capital punishment was gradually being rejected by some states.
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Any murderer not put to death may live to steal another life one day.
Any murderer. Apply it equally regardless of race or creed.
“He also claimed it would serve no purpose, since jihadists who glorify “martyrdom” wouldn’t be deterred by capital punishment.”
It would deter the one put to death.
“This has no parallel in the world,” he said. “There is no country which adds the death penalty to its laws - there are only those who removed it.”
OK. We’ll be trend setters!
Yehuda Weinstein is entitled to his personal opinion.
He has no right to dictate government policy.
If Avichai Mandelbit won’t enforce the law, time to show him the door, too.
Its high time Israel executed terrorists instead of mollycoddling them.
What the West is doing is irrelevant to Israel’s present situation.
It would also prevent future prisoner swaps. This would deter kidnapping and the taking of Israeli hostages.
Recommend burying executed terrorists in pig skins
It might not deter any, but the recidivism rate
would drop to zero.
What the West is doing is committing lemming-like self destruction. Weinstein urges Israel to continuing following Europe off the cliff. Bringing Liberman into the governing coalition is looking better and better.
Now just a cotton pickin’ minit here. Let’s be fair. It would not deter kidnappings and hostage takings. It would disincentivize them. How could you pass over the opportunity to concoct your own word so cavalierly? Have you no pseudointellectuality?
“I said that I would not (agree to be) appointed as Attorney General if there will be a death penalty here,” Weinstein said
So what’s the problem? Don’t appoint her.
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He’s out on his ass with the new coalition.
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