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Palestinian prisoners held at Israel's Ofer Prison near Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank, August 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘My hands are paralyzed from torture’: Gazans reveal horrors of Ofer Camp

Inmates at Israel's shadowy new facility face non-stop abuse — from deadly beatings and electric shocks, to constant handcuffing and skin diseases.

By Oren Ziv December 19, 2024

Closed shops in the West Bank city of Hebron as part of a strike following the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran, July 31, 2024. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Israeli soldiers systematically abusing Palestinians in Hebron, report reveals

Whipped with a belt, beaten in the groin, threatened with rape: Palestinians recount a pattern of arbitrary attacks in the West Bank city this year.

By Oren Ziv December 9, 2024

Palestinian men detained by Israeli forces in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, are moved to areas near the beach, December 7, 2023. (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Inside Israel’s torture camp for Gaza detainees

Palestinians arrested in the northern Gaza Strip describe how Israeli soldiers systematically abused civilians and combatants alike, from severe deprivation to brutal physical violence.

By Yuval Abraham January 5, 2024

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Pnina Pfeuffer speaking at B'nai Jeshurun in New York, February 4, 2020. (Gili Getz)

From J’lm to NY, Orthodox activists are mobilizing against sexual abuse

After harrowing allegations about a revered Haredi educator prompted a painful dialogue among Orthodox communities, two activists discuss the grassroots push for systemic change.

By Natasha Roth-Rowland February 2, 2022

Israeli soldiers search a Palestinian at an IDF checkpoint. (photo: Breaking the Silence)

Making sure Israeli soldiers stay above the law

Abusive soldiers evade justice under the aegis of the slow procedures, as well as some creative excuses. By Yossi Gurvitz for Yesh Din Several weeks ago, Yesh Din attorney Emily Schaeffer received responses from the Military Advocate for Operational Affairs Unit (MAOA) regarding two appeals she submitted years ago on behalf of a Palestinian complainant,…

By +972 Magazine May 14, 2014

Itay Volloch (photo: Omri Hayoon website)

Israeli ‘Big Brother’ contestant photographed with blindfolded Palestinians

Entertainment reporter and blogger Omri Hayoon posted a picture of Itai Wallach, smiling with arms spread behind the backs of two blindfolded and handcuffed Palestinians. The picture seems to have been taken during Wallach’s service in the Israeli paratroopers. Itai Wallach, 26, will be somewhat of a household name in the next few months…

By Ami Kaufman July 7, 2013

WATCH: Border Police detain, humiliate Palestinian at checkpoint

Another day, another case of Israeli soldiers showing the ugly side of the occupation (make that: ‘the only side of the occupation’). Here’s an incident that happened four years ago and that is now being discussed in the courts. A group of Border Police officers detained a Palestinian man, who appears to be mentally disabled,…

By Ami Kaufman January 29, 2013

Border policewoman charged over mock execution of teen

Here is a report that so far didn’t get that much traction on Israeli news sites, except for YNET (which didn’t bother to report whether the accused deny the charges, but I’ll update as soon as I find out.) “The Justice Ministry’s department for the investigation of police officers served an indictment to the Jerusalem…

By Dimi Reider May 1, 2011