Israel: what does the death penalty for terrorists mean?

La Repubblica looks back at the last execution in Israel:

“And to think that Israel abolished the death penalty in 1954, retaining it only for war crimes, crimes against humanity and certain offences under military law. Furthermore, it had only been used twice, and that was a very long time ago. The last time was in 1962 with the execution of Adolf Eichmann. In fact, during the National Security Committee’s internal preparatory discussions, Lilach Wagner, a lawyer from the Ministry of Justice, together with representatives of the army, warned that the introduction of the death penalty in the West Bank [and Gaza] via civil law was ‘highly problematic’ from a legal point of view, contravening all international treaties of which Israel is a signatory, including the 2007 United Nations moratorium on executions.”