Administrative detention

Israel Katz orders administrative removal of left-wing activists ahead of West Bank olive harvest

The request followed an announcement by the Global Sumud Flotilla that it was recruiting foreign activists to travel to Israel and participate in activities in olive-harvesting areas in the West Bank

Israeli security forces remove Palestinians and left-wing activists from olive groves during the olive harvest season in the West Bank village of Beita, near Nablus, October 2, 2026
Israel's Ofer Prison; Illustrative.

Can new Dardik model be used to reduce administrative detention for some Palestinians? - analysis

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir attend the graduation ceremony of an IDF officers’ course in southern Israel, June 25, 2026.

Israel Katz boasts of halting detention orders for settlers while permitting detention of Arabs

Drone being remotely controlled

For first time, Bedouin-Israeli administratively detained for drone weapons smuggling


French official visits Israeli jail in West Bank as Paris grapples with terror

There have been many European delegations that have visited the facility on matters of prisoners' rights, but this was the first time that an official had come to learn from its work methods.

French opposition MP Georges Fenech at Ofer Prison, September 15, 2016

Will France adopt controversial Israeli practice to deter terrorism?

As France is faced with new terror threats, a top counter-terror expert and opposition MP from the country is lobbying for Israeli-style administrative detention.

French police stationed near Eifel Tower

UN slams Israel's administrative detention amid Palestinian's 67-day hunger strike

Kayed, a member of the PFLP, was arrested in 2002 and placed on administrative detention in June after serving a sentence of more than 14 years.

The mother of the hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Bilal Kayed holds his picture during a protest in favour of his release, at Barzilai Hospital in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon August 9, 2016

High Court refuses to end detention of Palestinian hunger striker; 'His life is in his hands'

Palestinian Muhammad al-Qiq is in his 84th day of a hunger strike to be free of administrative detention.

The Palestinian detainee, Mohammad Al-Qeeq,

Comment: Wife of late Meir Kahane addresses hunger-striking grandson's administrative detention

"An administrative detention order deprives a person of his basic rights," Libby Kahane argues.

Meir Ettinger attends a remand hearing at the Magistrate’s Court in Nazareth.

'Amnesty administrative detention report PR gimmick'

NGO charges Israel with "human rights violations" over administrative detention; demands investigations, compensation.

Amnesty International activists 370

Amnesty: Charge or release Palestinian detainees

NGO charges Israel with "human rights violations" over administrative detention; demands investigations, compensation.

Amnesty International activists 370

Time for a new deal for administrative detainees

A good place to start would be ending the possibility of extending administrative detention orders; one period of detention is bad enough.

Palestinians in Ramallah hold pictures of prisoners 370 (R)

Egypt tries to end Palestinian hunger strike

PA prisoners minister: Cairo is involved in talks with Palestinians, Israel; solidarity rallies to be held in three Israeli cities.

Palestinians in Ramallah hold pictures of prisoners 370 (R)

Ban: Charge or release administrative detainees

UN secretary-general expresses concern for Palestinian hunger strikers, urging a resolution "without delay."

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon 370