Miracle in Havat YaIr – “Death Penalty” for Murderers

Israel has a unique problem: Arab murdering of Jews a Religious Obligation 

Miracle in Havat Yair: Terrorist opens fire on synagogue, no one injured

A Palestinian Arab terrorist opened fire this morning at around 7:30 towards a synagogue in the village of Havat Yair in Samaria.

The shots came from illegal buildings that were built near the Kravat Bnei Hassan village and were not yet demolished by the IDF Civil Administration due to an inability to enlist military forces to do so, according to Havat Yair residents.

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left of center, middle pic, is shooter

to left of arrow is shooter and
puff of smoke in front of him is the gun firing

Immediately following the gunshots, the residents summoned the military, which identified the shots and apprehended the terrorist. IDF troops searched the area and found six bullet casings. IDF and Shin Bet forces located the weapon in the terrorist's home in the Arab village.

Samaria Regional Council Chief Yossi Dagan is demanding the IDF demolish the illegal buildings from which the shots were fired immediately, " The PA's illegal construction has turned into terror nests which endanger the village of Havat Yair. The lawlessness, with the lack of enforcement and the uncontrolled Arab illegal construction in Area C, creates terror nests that endanger the residents. 

I demand the government demolish the illegal Arab buildings in the area and stop the growing terrorism. We are faithful Jews. The settlement in Samaria is strong and growing, I demand that the Defense Ministry, the Civil Administration, and all the authorities demolish the buildings immediately."

Havat Yair chairman Yair Amichai Eitam stated: "It is unbelievable that men, women, and children live on a firing range and are in constant mortal danger. We expect the military to increase its presents on the hill across from the village to prevent terrorists from carrying out attacks and, in addition, to prevent illegal construction by Arabs in the area, which can endanger the lives of residents even more."

This incident joins the terrorist infiltration into a nearby farm two weeks ago on Friday morning. Terrorists entered one of the homes where a woman was alone with her infant child. The woman fought off the three terrorists until the security patrol arrived and chased them away. The police arrested one of the assailants. Article and photos https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367954 

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Ben-Gvir: Netanyahu trying to bury death penalty for terrorists bill

The bill was submitted by MK Limor Son Har-Melech of Otzma Yehudit. It is scheduled to be discussed today in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation and then voted on in a preliminary reading in the Knesset on Wednesday. A similar bill was submitted by Ben-Gvir last year during the previous Knesset, when Ben-Gvir was in the opposition.

[Netanyahu says he wants to NOT increase terror during Ramadan and Pesach. Why Not? especially when they feel their "Ramadan Duty" is to Kill Jews in Pesach?? ]

The explanatory notes to the bill state: “In recent years, we have witnessed a growing phenomenon of terrorist attacks in which Jews were murdered solely for being Jews. The common denominator of all these attacks—the murder of Jews solely for being Jews, citizens of Israel, with the aim of harming the State of Israel and the national revival of the Jewish people in its land.

“The purpose of this bill is to curtail terrorism and create a weighty deterrent. No more prisons with 'all-inclusive' conditions; no more releases of terrorists after serving half their sentence.”

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has voiced her opposition to the bill, calling it "unconstitutional" under the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Freedom. [isn’t ‘life’ a human dignity requiring freedom??]

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RESEARCH SHOWS:  The modern refereed studies have consistently shown that capital punishment has a strong deterrent effect, with each execution deterring between 3 and 18 murders… The literature is easy to summarize: almost all modern studies and all the refereed studies find a significant deterrent effect of capital punishment.

This website has quite a number of Pros and Cons about the issue: https://deathpenalty.procon.org/questions/does-the-death-penalty-deter-crime/

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Admittedly Out of Context:  […] "…when the prohibition against murder has not been rendered null; but for someone who murders people because for him the prohibition against murder has become meaningless, and similarly when the number of murderers has become many [due to the prohibition becoming ignored], we apply [capital punishment] in order to deter murder for to do this is to save society.[…]”  

From this article: https://advocacy.ou.org/judaism-and-the-death-penalty-of-two-minds-but-one-heart/