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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/349bea9bd544019d https://verfassungsblog.de/death-penalty-populism/ Capital Punishment Revivalism - Israel And Punitive Populism Kozlov, Noam ger 2026-01-23 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Authoritarian Populism Human Rights Israel Populism Todesstrafe death penalty Todesstrafe Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Israel has long been considered abolitionist, having executed only one individual in its history. While past attempts to reinstate the death penalty have proven unsuccessful, the horrendous scale of the October 7 attack and the ensuing traumatic war have been used to generate political momentum. A new bill, which passed its first reading in the Knesset in November 2025, would impose the death penalty for terrorism-related offenses. The bill should be understood as part of a broader capital punishment revivalism trend in populist regimes, with Israel potentially setting a dangerous precedent for attempts to reinstate the death penalty in Europe and beyond.