Administrative detention

Can new Dardik model be used to reduce administrative detention for some Palestinians? - analysis

Getting the volume of Palestinian administrative detainees under control is a time bomb for global support that Jerusalem likely needs to defuse so that Israel can save its global standing.

Israel's Ofer Prison; Illustrative.
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir attend the graduation ceremony of an IDF officers’ course in southern Israel, June 25, 2026.

Israel Katz boasts of halting detention orders for settlers while permitting detention of Arabs

Drone being remotely controlled

For first time, Bedouin-Israeli administratively detained for drone weapons smuggling

An Israel Prison Service officer at Ketziot Prison watches as Palestinian prisoners are prepared for release in exchange for Israeli hostages held by Gazan terrorists, February 26, 2025; illustrative.

UN torture report flags Israel for allegedly mistreating journalists, detainees, ex-MAG


Palestinian administrative detainees to go on hunger strike

A hunger strike could trigger a wave of protests throughout the West Bank against both the PA and Israel. 

IDF with Palestinian demonstrators during a rally in solidarity with six Palestinian prisoners who managed to esacpe from an Israeli prison a few days ago, in Hebron, September 9, 2021.

Defense Minister Gallant: Jewish attack on Huwara was 'mark of Cain'

On March 2, after one of the courts ordered the release of two settlers on bail, Gallant signed a request from the Shin Bet to detain the two.

Yoav Gallant

Israel breaks 20-year record for administrative detention of Palestinians - analysis

Identifying the possible implications of ending the administrative detention of Palestinians.

IDF with Palestinian demonstrators during a rally in solidarity with six Palestinian prisoners who managed to esacpe from an Israeli prison a few days ago, in Hebron, September 9, 2021.

Palestinian detainee Khalil Awawdeh suspends 181-day hunger strike

Awawdeh, a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, has been on a hunger strike since early March.

 Demonstrators take part in a protest in solidarity with Palestinian hunger striker Khalil Awawda, who is jailed by Israel, in Gaza City June 13, 2022.

Human rights vs public safety: Administrative detention in Israel - opinion

Although international law permits administrative detention, the practice does undoubtedly involve the abandonment of normal legal procedures.

 PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS in Dura village on the West Bank hold the pictures of prisoners held by Israel in administrative detention and who had launched a hunger strike, in September.

Palestinian administrative detainees are boycotting courts for four months, B’Tselem said

B’Tselem: "Courts function as a rubber stamp for apartheid regime"

Palestinian American terrorist Muntasir Shalabi is brought to the courtroom for a court hearing at the Israel's Ofer military court near the West Bank city of Ramallah, October 5, 2022, Shalabi guilty of murdering 19-year-old Yehuda Guetta at the Tapuah junction.

PIJ calls-up forces as Palestinian's hunger strike passes 90 days - report

The statement was deleted from the Al-Quds Brigades' website, but later replaced with a citation of a television report.

ISLAMIC JIHAD terrorists ride on pickup trucks during a symbolic funeral for Ramadan Shallah, a former leader of their group, in Gaza City on June 7

Palestinians in administrative detention threaten hunger strike

Administrative detention is a controversial policy by which a judge orders the imprisonment of individuals without informing them of their alleged wrongdoing.

The hand of a Palestinian inmate is seen in a prison in the West Bank city of Nablus February 11, 2008.

Deputy A-G: Let’s rethink administrative detention

Raz Nizri: State could appoint special defender for detainees.

Man with hands tied up with chains behind the bars (illustrative)

French official visits Israeli jail in West Bank as Paris grapples with terror

There have been many European delegations that have visited the facility on matters of prisoners' rights, but this was the first time that an official had come to learn from its work methods.

French opposition MP Georges Fenech at Ofer Prison, September 15, 2016