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From Rutgers speaker to Kristof column, disputed dog rape claim against Israel goes mainstream

A canine training expert told JTA it was “highly unlikely” that a dog could be trained to carry out sexual assault.

A prison guard with a dog watches as a convoy carrying released Palestinian prisoners leaves the Ktzi’ot Prison in the Negev Desert of Israel, February 27, 2025.
Saif Abu Keshek, who took part in a flotilla to the Gaza Strip, arrives for a remand hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Ashkelon.

Israeli court extends detention of two Gaza flotilla activists until Sunday

 Israel Prison Service chief Kobi Yaakobi attends a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on November 20, 2024.

A-G moves to press criminal charges against Israel Prison Service commissioner

 Israel Prison Service chief Kobi Yaakobi attends a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on November 20, 2024.

Israel's prison chief Kobi Yaakobi summoned for second hearing ahead of possible indictment


Israel detained over 1,600 Palestinian prisoners in 2019 - report

The report, issued to correspond with Prisoners’ Day, also showed that there are 500 Palestinians held in administrative detention without trial or charge.

A woman holds a picture of a Palestinian prisoner held in an Israeli jail, during a rally marking Palestinian Prisoners' Day, in Bethlehem in the Israeli occupied West Bank April 17, 2019

NGO: State must protect rights of migrant mothers, children

Currently, many of the complaints regarding mistreatment of migrants in detention are serious, but the volume of those facing these issues are smaller than in the recent past.

A boy takes part in a protest against the Israeli government's plan to deport African migrants, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 24, 2018.

This is how one man tried to smuggle cellphones into an Israeli prison

The phones were surgically removed from the man's body.

Cellphones surgically removed from a detainee's body in Ofer prison

Prison guards and officials arrested on bribery charges

It is suspected that a prison official used his authority to give prisoners special privileges in exchange for money.

An Israeli flag is seen next to the gate of the Megiddo Prison in northern Israel July 24, 2018. Picture taken July 24, 2018.

Israeli prison standards to be lowered in effort to deter terrorism

The party is over," Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said at a press conference.

A Palestinian prisoner, convicted of security offences against Israel, looks out of his cell at Nitzan jail

Drive-by shooting at Hadarim prison; crime group suspected

Israel Police and Israel Prison Service (IPS) intelligence officials were called to the scene.

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Israeli-Arab poet Dareen Tatour released from prison

"They tried for years to frighten me and to keep me from writing," Tatour told 'The Jerusalem Post' on the day of her release. "They did not succeed."

Arab-Israeli poet Dareen Tatour poses for a picture during an interview at her house in Reineh, northern Israel September 26, 2017. Picture taken September 26, 2017.

Malka Leifer deemed psychologically fit to face extradition hearing

Her case is due to return to court in November when the reports will be examined by her legal team.

Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israeli Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Elite soldier gets 18 months for accidentally shooting comrade

The soldier also received another 12 months probation and was demoted.

THE IDF’S ELITE Duvdevan unit and the Czech Armed Force’s 601st Special Forces Group train together recently in urban-warfare techniques at Tze’elim Army Base in the Negev.

Foreign children in Israeli jails: 'Mom, why are we here?'

Not just America: It is difficult to believe, but it is the reality in Israel in 2018 - children aged, 3, 5 and 7 sitting in prison like all other inmates.

A Nigerian woman and her children in Givon prison