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.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
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

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

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

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

|ByAMICHAI STEIN
Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz

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. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Amnesty: Israeli held in Egypt for 12 years with no trial

Dual Egyptian-Israeli citizen never appeared before a judge or was assigned an attorney, says report on Egypt's security forces.

APRIL 20, 2011ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Egypt clashes 311 (R)