Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said he supports the death penalty for Palestinians who are involved in anti-occupation attacks.
“Time has come to impose death penalty” Netanyahu said during his visit to the family of the three settlers who were killed last Friday in a stabbing attack.
“It’s anchored in the law. You need the judges to rule unanimously on it but if you want to know the government’s position and my position as prime minister in a case like this of a base murderer like this he should be executed.”
Last Friday 19-year-old Omar al-Abed from a nearby West Bank village was shot and injured for allegedly being involved in a stabbing attack in the illegal settlement of Halamish. Three settlers were proclaimed dead during the incident.
Earlier Sunday Israeli Army Minister Avigdor Lieberman Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Education Minister Naftali Bennett urged Israeli military courts to seek the death penalty for al-Abed after Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz had initiated the demand on Saturday night.
Following the incident Israeli forces notified al-Abed’s family with demolition of their house.
