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Israeli minister posts gallows video threatening death penalty for Palestinians

On 2026-08-20, Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video of a gallows site, announcing that Palestinians convicted of terror offences by military courts will face execution under Israel's new death penalty law that does not apply to Israelis. The provocation drew widespread condemnation on social media.

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Israel’s Ben-Gvir posts video of gallows site for hanging Palestinians

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Far-right minister says those convicted in military courts of terror offences will be executed after passing of death penalty law that does not apply to Israelis Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who has attracted international sanctions and condemnation for his activities, has posted a gloating video of the construction of the site of a gallows where Palestinians con

https://www. theguardian.com/world/2026/aug /20/israel-ben-gvir-video-gallows-site-hanging-palestinians “I think we should be doing 30 to 40 targeted assassinations per night,” Ben-Gvir said. “Not jus

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https://www. theguardian.com/world/2026/aug /20/israel-ben-gvir-video-gallows-site-hanging-palestinians “I think we should be doing 30 to 40 targeted assassinations per night,” Ben-Gvir said. “Not just those who pose an immediate threat. There are people there who don’t deserve to live … They are not even people.”

I know this history. This is Israel enacting the Nazi Decree on Penal Law for Poles and Jews in the Incorporated Eastern Territories of December 4, 1941 (RGBl. I S. 759) https://www. theguardian.com/w

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I know this history. This is Israel enacting the Nazi Decree on Penal Law for Poles and Jews in the Incorporated Eastern Territories of December 4, 1941 (RGBl. I S. 759) https://www. theguardian.com/world/2026/aug /20/israel-ben-gvir-video-gallows-site-hanging-palestinians