Administrative detention

Israel Katz orders administrative removal of left-wing activists ahead of West Bank olive harvest

The request followed an announcement by the Global Sumud Flotilla that it was recruiting foreign activists to travel to Israel and participate in activities in olive-harvesting areas in the West Bank

Israeli security forces remove Palestinians and left-wing activists from olive groves during the olive harvest season in the West Bank village of Beita, near Nablus, October 2, 2026
Israel's Ofer Prison; Illustrative.

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

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


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

The UN warned Israel over alleged abuses against rights defenders and detainees, calling for stronger legal protections and impartial investigations.

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.

Netanyahu leads meeting on West Bank riots, Katz defends axing administrative detention for Jews

IDF's Central Command chief: Conventional solutions for hilltop youth insufficient • Israel Katz: Administrative detentions only increased hatred and violence

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz seen in the Knesset plenum, December 16, 2024

Katz: Duma village riots 'not defined as terrorism'

On Tuesday, the military said some 30 masked men, believed to be Jewish residents from the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council area, entered the village, torching property. 

Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz

Israel Katz, security forces squabble over Jewish detentions amid West Bank settler violence

Jewish extremists resisted the removal, including throwing rocks at soldiers and wounding two IDF troops.

View of a burnt Palestinian car after it was set on fire by settlers in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus in the West Bank, December 4, 2024

Women march to Knesset to support Jewish administrative detainees

There are currently 22 Jewish people who have administrative conditions set against them in Israel.

 Pictures from the march

UNRWA draft report alleges beatings, sexual abuse of Gazan detainees - NYT

The IDF strongly denies allegations of sexual abuse and says that all deaths in custody, as well as any formal complaints of mistreatment, are investigated by the military police. 

 Israeli soldiers operate next to the UNRWA headquarters, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, February 8, 2024.

Ben-Gvir attacks Shin Bet after Palestinian prisoners released from jail

The IDF and Shin Bet said that the release was done because the prisons were running out of room.

 Ministro de Seguridad Nacional, Itamar Ben-Gvir

Israel holding some 6,000 Palestinian prisoners, 'unlawful combatants'

In September, Israel broke a 30-year record for administrative detention of Palestinians, hitting 1,264, Hamoked announced. 

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.

Israel breaks 30-year record for administratively detaining Palestinians

There have not been this many Palestinians in administrative detention since the First Intifada of the late 1980s-early 1990s.

 A Palestinian prisoner waits to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007

Israeli citizen administrative detention bill talks delayed by week

The national security minister would be able to issue an order to put Israeli citizens and residents in administrative detention for up to a year.

 Handcuffed hands rest on prison bars. (Illustrative)