Israel
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist for ordinary crimes
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes...
- News items in the archive
- 96
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Israel is classified as Abolitionist for ordinary crimes in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 96 news items on Israel, from 1999 to today.
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- APRIL 26, 2000IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Israel cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Israel cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- FEBRUARY 21, 2000IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Amnon Cohen, the man who asked to become the first...
Amnon Cohen, the man who asked to become the first Israeli sentenced to death, expressed deep regret and asked his family for forgiveness at the Tel Aviv District Court
- JANUARY 1, 2000IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes...
The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes since 1954
- DECEMBER 1, 1999IsraelDEATH PENALTY
In December, Israel Foreign Minister David Levi has...
In December, Israel Foreign Minister David Levi has been trying to persuade the Thai authorities not to execute two Israelis - Yosef Ohana and Avraham Huri - who were sentenced to death after being convicted of drug trafficking
- APRIL 28, 1999IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Israel was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Israel was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes...
The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes since 1954