Editing Benjamin Netanyahu (section)

=== Death penalty ===
In 2017, Netanyahu called for the [[death penalty]] to be imposed on the perpetrator of the [[2017 Halamish stabbing attack]].<ref name="DeathPenaltyHalamish">{{cite news|title=Netanyahu demands death penalty for Halamish terrorist|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-demands-death-penalty-for-halamish-terrorist/|access-date=27 July 2017|work=The Times of Israel|date=27 July 2017}}</ref> Representatives in his government introduced a bill which would allow the death penalty for [[terrorism]] to the [[Knesset]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liberman-to-advance-bill-setting-death-penalty-for-terrorists/|title=Israeli leaders push for 'terrorist' death penalty|agency=Agence France-Presse|work=The Times of Israel|date=17 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/1.5347505|title=Gesetzesinitiative: Israel will Todesstrafe für Terroristen einführen|via=www.faz.net|newspaper=Faz.net}}</ref> In a preliminary vote in January 2018, 52 of 120 members of the Israeli parliament voted in favor while 49 opposed, to make it easier for judges to hand down the death penalty. The amendment to the penal code would still require three more readings if it is to become law.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-deathpenalty/israeli-death-penalty-advocates-win-preliminary-vote-in-parliament-idUSKBN1ES1DT|title=Israeli death penalty advocates win preliminary vote in parliament|publisher=Reuters|date=3 January 2018}}</ref>