Ofer Military Prison

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

A prisoner who was released as part of the ceasefire deal, in Beitunia, Jan. 20, 2025. (Oren Ziv)

Defying Israel, thousands celebrate prisoners’ release in West Bank

The first Palestinians freed in the ceasefire deal recounted brutal conditions inside Israeli prisons — as settlers rampaged through nearby villages.

By Oren Ziv January 20, 2025

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

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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

Palestinians journalists cover clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces as near Ofer Military Prison, West Bank, August 3, 2016. (Flash90)

Israel arrests six Palestinian journalists for ‘incitement’

Dozens of Palestinian journalists protest to demand the release of 21 of their colleagues currently imprisoned by Israel. By Oren Persico Israeli security forces arrested six Palestinian journalists across the occupied territories over the past several days for alleged incitement. Four of the journalists — Alaa Rimawi, Mohamed Hamdan, Qoteiba Hamdan, and Hosni Angas —…

By The Seventh Eye August 6, 2018

Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal is seen after being released from Israeli jail, near the Ofer prison, in the West Bank city of Beitunia, February 20, 2017. (Flash90)

Israel releases Palestinian journalist after 10 months with no trial

After 10 months of administrative detention, it appears the army no longer views Omar Nazzal as a dangerous threat — just like countless other administrative detainees who sit in prison for months, if not years. Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal was released from Israeli prison on Monday after 10 months in administrative detention. Upon his release, Nazzal, a…

By Haggai Matar February 22, 2017

Palestinian journalists protest in solidarity with their colleague Omar Nazzal, who was put in administrative detention in late April, April 29, 2016. (Flash90)

Israeli journalists silent as their Palestinian colleagues are jailed

Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal has been in custody without charges put in administrative detention for nearly four months. For the most part, his Israeli counterparts have remained decidedly silent. By Noam Rotem The Union of Journalists in Israel made an appeal this week for solidarity with investigative reporter Sharon Shpurer, who was sued for libel by Urban, a real…

By +972 Magazine August 10, 2016

Joint List head Ayman Odeh accompanies Palestinian legislator Khalida Jarrar as she leaves Israeli prison after serving a 15-month sentence. (photo courtesy of the Joint List)

Feminist Palestinian lawmaker freed from Israeli prison after 14 months

Palestinian parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar served 14 months for incitement and membership in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Feminist Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar, who served 14 months in an Israeli prison, was released Friday morning to a crowd of chanting supporters. Jarrar, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine…

By Edo Konrad June 3, 2016

A Palestinian youth, arrested and blindfolded by Israeli soldiers during the closure on Hebron. (photo: Activestills)

Palestinian teen jailed for six days on trumped up charges

Ahmed sat in jail for six days after being accused of trying to attack soldiers with a knife. How many other Palestinians are sitting in jail because of planted evidence? By Michael Salisbury-Corech A Palestinian minor was released from military prison last Thursday after spending a week in detention on suspicion of carrying a knife…

By +972 Magazine December 7, 2015