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

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 Jewish extremists Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has posted a gloating video of the construction of a gallows complex where Palestinians convicted of terror offences – but not Jewish extremists accused of similar crimes – will be hang

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20 Aug 2026, 13:03 UTC
Last checked
21 Aug 2026, 08:49 UTC
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Publisher
The Guardian
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
20 Aug 2026, 12:34 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Peter Beaumont Senior international correspondent
Section
Israel
Source-supplied excerpt
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 Jewish extremists Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has posted a gloating video of the construction of a gallows complex where Palestinians convicted of terror offences – but not Jewish extremists accused of similar crimes – will be hang
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    Israel’s Ben-Gvir posts video of gallows site for hanging Palestinians

    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 Jewish extremists Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has posted a gloating video of the construction of a gallows complex where Palestinians convicted of terror offences – but not Jewish extremists accused of similar crimes – will be hang

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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
  • machine language-signal Allegation language observable-rules-v1 / 65% rule confidence
  • machine language-signal Death or self-harm observable-rules-v1 / 65% rule confidence
  • publisher category Israel rss-category
  • publisher category Middle East and north Africa rss-category
  • publisher category Palestine rss-category
  • publisher category World news rss-category
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#465
Observed
20 Aug 2026, 13:03 UTC
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200 / parsed
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480,578 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt