Hamas Survivor Rom Braslavski Urges Ben Gvir to Let Him Execute Terrorists by Hanging
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Updated · Arutz Sheva · Aug 15
Hamas Survivor Rom Braslavski Urges Ben Gvir to Let Him Execute Terrorists by Hanging
3 articles · Updated · Arutz Sheva · Aug 15
Summary
Rom Braslavski, a Hamas captivity survivor, asked National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on a podcast to let him personally carry out death sentences on convicted terrorists, saying he wanted to "press the button."
Ben Gvir backed the request, saying he would "move heaven and earth" to make it happen and stressing that the execution method in the death-penalty bill advanced by his Otzma Yehudit party is hanging.
The exchange tied Braslavski's appeal to Ben Gvir's broader hard-line prison policy, which the minister said had stripped security prisoners of perks such as television, ping-pong, meat and other benefits.
Ben Gvir said conditions for security prisoners are now far harsher than before he took office and argued their suffering offers some measure of redress for victims of terrorism.
Will allowing a traumatized survivor to personally execute prisoners trigger an unprecedented international backlash against Israel's new justice system?
Could Israel's controversial 2026 execution law provoke the exact militant escalations and hostage crises it claims to prevent?
How might weaponizing a former captive's trauma to enforce a discriminatory death penalty reshape the global narrative on human rights?