Administrative detention

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

Defense Minister Israel Katz approved the administrative detention despite having ended the practice for Jewish-Israelis, even for violent offenses.

Drone being remotely controlled
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

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

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

Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz

Katz: Duma village riots 'not defined as terrorism'


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

Will France adopt controversial Israeli practice to deter terrorism?

As France is faced with new terror threats, a top counter-terror expert and opposition MP from the country is lobbying for Israeli-style administrative detention.

French police stationed near Eifel Tower

UN slams Israel's administrative detention amid Palestinian's 67-day hunger strike

Kayed, a member of the PFLP, was arrested in 2002 and placed on administrative detention in June after serving a sentence of more than 14 years.

The mother of the hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Bilal Kayed holds his picture during a protest in favour of his release, at Barzilai Hospital in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon August 9, 2016