The private channel said: "A delegation from the Ministry of National Security, headed by Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, and representatives of the Israeli Prison Service, will soon travel to several countries that apply the death penalty, such as the United States."
She added, "The delegation's aim is to examine how the death penalty is best implemented, and to learn from their counterparts how the law is applied and what the correct method is for carrying out the sentence." The channel continued, "Among the methods being examined are lethal injection, the electric chair, and other means.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Knesset's (parliament) National Security Committee discussed preparations to advance the bill to execute Palestinian prisoners, in preparation for its second and third readings.
The document of principles presented for discussion by committee chairman Zvika Vogel (Otzma Yehudit party) stipulates that the death penalty will be carried out within 90 days of the court's ruling, without the possibility of appeal, for "anyone who kills a Jew simply for being Jewish, including the planner or the sender." It also states that "the Prison Service will carry out the sentence by lethal injection," according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
During the stormy session, Dr. Alberto Olchovsky, representative of the Israeli Medical Association, said: "Under the obligation of international treaties, Israeli doctors are strictly prohibited from participating directly or indirectly in executions, whether in preparation or consultation, and our knowledge may not be used for purposes other than promoting health and well-being."
The extremist minister, Ben-Gvir, responded: "You are suggesting that they be executed by shooting or by guillotine. I know doctors who would volunteer to do that."
During the session, MK Gilad Kariv (Democrats) attacked Ben-Gvir, saying, "You are responsible for national security? You are an idiot," and described him as the "Minister of Baklava," in reference to the Israeli minister distributing baklava to coalition MKs in the Knesset last week after the passage of the law to execute prisoners in its first reading.
Ben-Gvir responded to Kariv: "Congratulations to your friend Barghouti, the death penalty law will be passed soon," referring to Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, who has been serving five life sentences plus 40 years since his arrest in 2004.
On November 11, the Knesset passed the bill in its first reading, with a majority of 39 out of 120 members voting in favor and 16 against, according to the official Hebrew Broadcasting Authority.
Ben-Gvir repeatedly called for the passage of a bill that would allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners in Tel Aviv prisons, and he strongly emphasized the conditions of detention of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, amid increasing crimes against them and their deprivation of their rights.
Among the stricter measures are banning visits, reducing the food prisoners are allowed to receive, and reducing opportunities to shower in prison, according to these institutions.
The parliamentary move to execute prisoners comes as Palestinians suffer the consequencesof a two-year-long genocide perpetrated by Israel in the Gaza Strip since October 8, 2023, in addition to a bloody and destructive offensive on the occupied West Bank.
