Israeli military courts

Walid Daqqa at a hearing at Be'er Sheva District Court, January 23, 2018. (Oren Ziv)

Remembering Walid Daqqa, a prisoner with a ‘heretical belief in life’

Walid and I shared a political, personal, and philosophical correspondence for two decades. Even in death, he accompanies me on the path of truth.

By Anat Matar April 24, 2024

Tareq Barghouth (center) speaks to the Israeli press. (Philippe Bellaïche)

A Palestinian prisoner’s letter to his Israeli occupiers

Do I regret my imprisonment after being convicted of carrying out attacks? That’s complicated. I do regret one thing: letting them push me into a corner.

By Tareq Barghouth March 23, 2023

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

Latest

Israel's antisemitism envoy Noa Tishby (left) and 14-year-old Athal al-Azzeh (right). (Instagram screenshot/Courtesy of the al-Azzeh family)

Why is Israel’s antisemitism envoy sharing investigation files against a Palestinian child?

Israeli advocate and influencer Noa Tishby shared unpublished photos from an army investigation to justify the arrest of a 14-year-old Palestinian.

By Oren Ziv April 26, 2022

Protesters stand outside of Kaplan Hospital in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike against their administrative detention, central Israel, October 14, 2021. (Activestills/Heather Sharona Weiss)

Striking for freedom: Why Palestinian detainees are boycotting Israeli courts

Following hunger strike victories last year, Palestinians hope collective action will force Israel to abolish its practice of indefinite detention without trial.

By Yuval Abraham February 17, 2022

Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak at the Tel Aviv Magistrates' Court, arrested as part of an unprecedented private suit by Israeli right-wing group Ad Kan, Jan. 15, 2020. (Oren Ziv)

As a Palestinian rights defender, I’m proud to stand with Jonathan Pollak

The Israeli military court where I stood trial for false charges, and the civil court where my friend faces his, are part of the same unjust system.

By Mohammed Khatib January 15, 2020

Illustrative photo of Abdullah Abu Rahma in court at the Ofer military prison, September 15, 2010. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

How Israel’s military courts conspire to keep Palestinians in prison

An Israeli military judge ordered Abdullah Abu Rahme released, saying there was no reason to keep him behind bars. And yet for the next month, the military justice system conspired to keep him in prison. By Edo Konrad and Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man Imagine you are arrested for a nonviolent property crime. After a few days in…

By Edo Konrad April 26, 2018

File photo of Palestinian workers offloading a truck full of aid in the Gaza Strip. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Everything we don’t know about the World Vision in Gaza story

How the Israeli media reports a story spoon fed to it by the security services. And are government officials and the courts capable of acting any differently? The story of a Gaza man indicted for diverting millions to Hamas from a major international charity for terror activities is roiling headlines in Israel. The incident is important both for how…

By Dahlia Scheindlin August 7, 2016

Israeli police smuggle Palestinian suspect out of the country

The police took Nasser Nawaj’ah out of the West Bank and into Israel to face trial. When that didn’t work, they ignored a court order to release him and smuggled him back to the West Bank and into military custody. What happened to a Palestinian man named Nasser Nawaj’ah on Thursday could fill an entire…

By Haggai Matar January 22, 2016