President Isaac Herzog is considering commuting the prison sentence of convicted mass murderer Ami Popper, a right-wing extremist, in the event a hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas is reached, according to a Sunday report.

Popper, after stealing his brother’s IDF uniform and rifle, massacred Palestinian workers at a bus stop in Rishon Lezion in 1990, in one of the largest cases of Jewish terrorism in Israel’s history.

According to the court proceedings, he arrived at the bus stop disguised as a soldier, demanded identification from several workers from Gaza, and once confirming they were Palestinian forced them to kneel in rows and opened fire, killing seven and seriously wounding several others.

He was originally sentenced to seven life terms plus 20 years, but had his sentence commuted to 40 years in 1999 and is slated for release in 2030.

According to Ynet, which did not cite sources, teams in the Justice Ministry and the President’s........

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