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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

Soldiers prevent protesters from entering the Beit Lid military base, July 29, 2024. (Oren Ziv)

A riot for impunity shows Israel’s proud embrace of its crimes

Far-right protesters, soldiers, and MKs rallied for guards suspected of raping a Palestinian detainee. Once fringe, they’re now the public face of the state.

By Oren Ziv August 1, 2024

Palestinian prisoners from Gaza seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘More horrific than Abu Ghraib’: Lawyer recounts visit to Israeli detention center

At Sde Teiman, Khaled Mahajneh found a detained journalist unrecognizable as he described the facility’s violent and inhumane conditions.

By Baker Zoubi June 27, 2024

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Prisoners seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The writing was on the wall for Israel’s torture of prisoners

The government has ensured that horrific practices in sites like Sde Teiman can continue with impunity, in violation of international law and medical ethics.

By Janan Abdu May 14, 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

Palestinians leave the Palestinian Bedouin community of Ein al-Rashash, east of Ramallah, following ongoing attacks by Israeli settlers from a nearby illegal outpost, which intensified during the war with Gaza, October 18, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

Palestinians recount settler, army torture amid surge in West Bank expulsions

Under the shadow of the Gaza war, Israel is displacing rural Palestinian communities en masse. In Wadi al-Siq, the ordeal was particularly horrifying.

By Oren Ziv October 30, 2023

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

Yossi Gurvitz. (Ilya Melnikov)

Breaking the wall of denial: In memory of Yossi Gurvitz

Gurvitz revolutionized activist-journalism in Israel, blazing a path for many of us to challenge the mainstream discourse and speak out about the occupation.

By Noam Sheizaf February 21, 2023

Palestinians take part in a protest over the killing of activist Nizar Banat, in the West Bank city of Hebron, July 2, 2021. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

PA admits fault for activist’s death — then continues assaults on critics

The Palestinian Authority has taken responsibility for Nizar Banat's killing, but its crackdown has only escalated since, in some cases amounting to torture.

By Dima Abumaria July 27, 2021

Palestinians protest the death of Palestinian human rights activist Nizar Banat who died after being arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on June 24, 2021. (Flash90)

Palestinians demand Abbas step down after death of Nizar Banat

The activist and critic of the Palestinian Authority died of 'unnatural' causes after his violent arrest, in the latest PA crackdown on dissent.

By Dima Abumaria June 25, 2021

An Israeli police officer arrests a Palestinian during confrontations in the city of Lydd, central Israel. (Oren Ziv)

Israeli police ran a ‘torture room’ in Nazareth, says rights group

Testimonies collected by Adalah reveal that officers beat detainees and deprived them of medical treatment during police crackdown on Palestinian citizens.

By Dima Abumaria June 16, 2021

Hizb Al-Tahreer supporters clash with Palestinian troops during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Hebron, Feb. 4, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

The missing link to expose Israeli apartheid at The Hague? Torture

The ICC has overlooked how the Palestinian Authority, like its occupier, is using torture to maintain Israel's regime of racial domination.

By Itamar Mann February 18, 2021

Nachshon Battalion soldiers watch over a Palestinian detainee during an operation of arresting suspects in the Dheisheh Refugee Camp, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Dec. 8, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90. )

Why Shin Bet torturers don’t have to worry about punishment

By clearing the Shin Bet for the brutal interrogation of a Palestinian detainee, the attorney general played his part in masking Israel's approval of torture.

By Yael Stein February 2, 2021