The picture of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir jubilantly trying to open a champagne bottle on the Knesset floor over the passing of a death penalty law for Palestinians will be anchored in history as one of those photographs that needs no caption.

It’s the image of a country that has never truly left the colonial moment into which it was born.

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Israel’s Palestinian-Only Death Penalty Law Draws on Britain’s Colonial Playbook

The widened application of capital punishment in colonial courts gave license to more violence by British soldiers.

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