Administrative detention

A Palestinian prisoner at Ketziot prison in southern Israel, February 26, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘I’d rather die than go back’: A Palestinian teen’s 10-month nightmare in Israeli jail

At 15, Zaid was separated from his parents, beaten, and starved. He is just one of hundreds of Palestinian children detained amid a post-Oct. 7 surge.

By Jared Hillel September 30, 2026

Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, captured and detained by the Israeli army in Gaza in December 2024 and still in detention appears via video conference for his Israeli Supreme Court hearing in Jerusalem, June 10, 2026. (Abeer Salman)

‘His only crime is that he is a Palestinian doctor’

Fourteen Gazan physicians remain in Israeli prisons without charge, where they say they have been singled out for particularly severe abuse.

By Shatha Yaish June 17, 2026

Journalist Samir Amin-Khuwaira of Nablus before and after spending nine months in administrative detention following a nighttime arrest at his home in April 2025. (Courtesy of the family)

The Palestinian journalists held in Israel’s ‘cemeteries for the living’

Held without charge in Israeli jails, West Bank reporters describe beatings, starvation, isolation, and threats meant to force them into silence.

By Basel Adra June 1, 2026

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Israel Prison Service officers prepare Palestinian prisoners for release as part of a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, at Kteziot Prison, southern Israel, February 26, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

New data reveals 98 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody since October 7

Post-mortems of the deceased and testimonies from former detainees suggest many died from torture, medical neglect, and food deprivation. According to a leaked Israeli intelligence database, dozens were civilians.

By Yuval Abraham November 17, 2025

PODCAST: What happened to the Palestinian popular struggle?

Veteran activist Munther Amira says the surge in violence and repression since October 7 has forced a rethink of what resistance means in the West Bank.

By +972 Magazine November 7, 2025

Imad Sabi and Tamar Pelleg-Sryck in London. (Courtesy of the author)

In memory of an Israeli lawyer who never lost her moral purpose

Although she became a lawyer late in life, Tamar Pelleg-Sryck worked tirelessly to defend Palestinian detainees like me in a profoundly unjust system.

By Imad Sabi May 22, 2024

Palestinians attend a protest condemning the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh by Israeli forces during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, Haifa, May 11, 2022. (Shir Torem/Flash90)

Israel is using a notorious military tool to arrest its own Palestinian citizens

Administrative detention, long weaponized against Palestinians under occupation, is gradually being directed toward those with citizenship too.

By Baker Zoubi January 8, 2024

Israeli prison guards stand watch in front of a van with Palestinian convicts set to be released as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas, Ofer Prison, west of Ramallah, occupied West Bank, November 25, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

‘It would’ve been better if they shot us’: Palestinians recount prison abuse

Newly released inmates detail cases of humiliation, torture, rape threats, and a prisoner beaten to death by Israeli forces in the weeks since October 7.

By Imad Abu Hawash December 8, 2023

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at the scene where five people were shot dead in the Arab Town of Yafa an-Naseriyye, northern Israel, June 8, 2023. (Fadi Amun/Flash90)

The return of Israel’s military rule over Palestinian citizens

Long wielded in the occupied territories, administrative detention could be the next tool in Ben Gvir's arsenal of repression against Palestinian citizens.

By Orly Noy June 13, 2023

Illustrative photo of Palestinian prisoners in Damoun Prison. (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)

As crackdown intensifies, Palestinian prisoners gear up for Ramadan protest

Prisoners hope the Palestinian public will join collective actions against Israel's punitive measures, which have harshened under the far-right government.

By Sharona Weiss March 16, 2023

Salah Hammouri's mother (left), alongside Attorney Leah Tsemel (center) and Munir Nuseibeh (right), holds up a photo of him at an emergency press conference in Jerusalem, December 2, 2022. (Oren Ziv)

Expulsion of Palestinian Jerusalemite tests the waters for future deportations

Legal experts fear Israel's deportation of Salah Hammouri could set a precedent for similar moves against Palestinians holding foreign citizenship.

By Oren Ziv December 7, 2022

A relative of Khalil Awawdeh next to a poster bearing his face at the family home in the village of Idhna, near Hebron, occupied West Bank, August 25, 2022. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

One hunger striker can bring down the entire system

Khalil Awawdeh's protest epitomizes the apartheid regime's absolute control and its greatest fear: that a dying prisoner will use his own life as a weapon.

By Orly Noy September 1, 2022

Amal Nakhleh shows a photo from his arrest, with his hands bound in handcuffs, Ramallah, occupied West Bank, May 24, 2022. (Yuval Abraham)

‘His childhood disappeared’: A Palestinian teen’s nightmare in Israeli detention

An Israeli military court ordered his release on medical grounds. Then the Shin Bet locked him up for another 16 months without charge.

By Yuval Abraham June 16, 2022