Knesset committee advances controversial death penalty for terrorists bill

A Knesset committee on Sunday voted to advance for a first plenum reading a controversial bill to impose the death penalty on terrorists. The move was taken over objections from the committee legal adviser that the proceedings were invalid; and warnings from the government liaison on hostages that dealing with the matter now could endanger those still held in Gaza and efforts to release them. Ahead of the discussion, the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel submitted a position paper opposing the death penalty bill. Attorney Tal Steiner, Executive Director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel spoke to KAN reporter Naomi Segal (Photo: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.