Gilboa prison

Politics has become a personality contest. Voters need to look at the record instead - opinion

In the age of celebrity politics, judge leaders by actual results. Politics has become a personality contest. That is exactly why voters need to look past the sound bites, and at the record

Otzma Yehudit party chairman and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, together with members of his party, attends a supporters’ conference ahead of the upcoming general elections in Petah Tikva, central Israel, August 16, 2026.
An illustration of a court gavel with a complaints sign.

30% of complaints filed about judges in 2024 were justified, report finds

 View of the Nazareth District Court on December 25, 2019.

Trial begins for terrorist Atallah for sexual assault of Gilboa female soldier-guards

 View of the Gilboa Prison December 5, 2022.

Gilboa prison guards demand terrorist who sexually assaulted them to be deported


The IDF has proven that it doesn't care about female soldiers - comment

Said report had come as a response to the Gilboa pimping affair, a series of sexual assaults orchestrated and carried out against female soldiers and prison officers in Israeli prisons.

 STATE COMPTROLLER Matanyahu Englman condemned the assignment of female cadets in the IDF officers’ course to guard terrorists who committed violent acts of sexual assault and murder on October 7, the writer notes.

Sexual violence in Israeli jails: 38% of female guards assaulted by security prisoners

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman said such orders were in stark contrast with the female soldiers' protection report published in November 2022. 

 GILBOA PRISON, in northern Israel near the West Bank.

'It's a crime': Israeli pimping affair victims' lawyer slams Ben-Gvir

Attorney Yair Ochayon told The Jerusalem Post that the terrorist had threatened to “hurt her and her family, and to ruin her life."

 View of the Shita prison, located next to Gilboa,and intended for 800 primarily security convicts.

Watch: Gilboa prison escape wasn't caught due to lackluster security

The video shows the guard who was on duty that night going after the proscribed routine in a sloppy and unattentive manner.

 View of a drill for prison guards at the Israeli Prison Authorities, Gilboa Prison, near Israel Valley. December 5, 2022.

Gilboa committee calls to fire commander in 2021 prison break report

The Gilboa prison break has seen intense public and governmental scrutiny leveled against Israel's prison services.

 The Gilboa Prison Investigation Committee.

'Pimping affair:' State Attorney may indict Gilboa prison commanders

Gilboa Prison's former commander and the former intelligence officer had allegedly known that female prison guards had been sexually assaulted.

 View of a drill for prison guards at the Israeli Prison Authorities, Gilboa Prison, near Israel Valley. December 5, 2022.

Israeli forces arrest Beitar Illit bomb suspect, 10 more

Among the captured is Muhammad Zubeidi, who was arrested in Jenin and is the son of Gilboa prison escapee Zakaria Zubeidi.

 IDF troops are seen operating across the West Bank as part of Operation Break the Wave on March 11, 2023

Mandatory IDF service positions in prison terror wings canceled - Ben-Gvir

Ben-Gvir's decision comes against the background of several serious incidents of injuries to soldiers in the Israeli prison system and the Gilboa pimping affair.

 View of a drill for prison guards at the Israeli Prison Authorities, Gilboa Prison, near Israel Valley. December 5, 2022.

Gilboa Prison commander fired following pimping, escape affairs

Ben-Sheetrit commanded the prison during the escape of six Palestinian terrorists and the uncovering of the guard pimping affair.

 Gilboa prison commander Freddy Ben Sheetrit arrives for his testimony at the government inspection committee for the incident of the escape of the security prisoners from the Gilboa prison, in Modi'in, July 31, 2022

Can next Israeli gov't cancel, ignore three major state inquiries? - analysis

Amid the focus on the corruption trial of Benjamin Netanyahu, most have forgotten the three state inquiries: The Submarine Affair, Mount Meron tragedy and Gilboa Prison breakout.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu climbs out after a visit inside the Rahav, the fifth submarine in the fleet, after it arrived in Haifa's port