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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


Rule of Law: Israel's Palestinian prisoner predicament

As Palestinian prisoners enter the third week of a hunger strike, former Prisons Service chief Orit Adato tells the Post that Israel needs to rethink its policies.

Palestinians take part in a protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem April 17, 2017

State folds, returns hunger striking Palestinian prisoners access to lawyers

On April 17, 1,500 Palestinian security prisoners started a hunger strike to protest what they called inhumane treatment and restrictions in the prisons.

A Hebron man demonstrates in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on a hunger strike in protest at being held in administrative detention

Encountering Peace: Prisoners, strikes and rights

The best way to bring Palestinian prisoners home and set them free is to make genuine peace with Israel.

People in Ramallah walk past a poster depicting Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails

Documentary on Palestinian prisoners stirs controversy

A group of the families in collaboration with the right-wing Im Tirtzu organization denounced the documentary as “a direct insult.”

Ofer Prison

Le terrorisme, une affaire rentable

Les auteurs d’attentats bénéficient de nombreux avantages financiers versés par l’Autorité palestinienne

Une mère brandissant la photo de ses enfants, auteurs d'attentats

Cabinet to assess revoking salary from lawmakers suspected in security offenses

The proposed legislation is an amendment bill to the Knesset law that regulates the salary of sitting lawmakers.

MK Bassel Ghattas

MK Ghattas arrested hours after being stripped of immunity

Joint List MK was caught on camera giving documents and cell phones to terrorists in prison.

MK Basel Ghattas at Temple Mount

Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav released from prison

Prosecution declines appeal of parole board decision.

Moshe Katsav leaving prison December 21, 2016

Police interrogate Ghattas on suspicion of smuggling phones to prisoners

MK denies seeking to harm state security but does not deny charges against him.

MK Basel Ghattas at Temple Mount

The Ghattas effect: MKs banned from visiting terrorists in prison

Visits to security prisoners will no longer fall under Knesset members' parliamentary immunity.

Eshel Prison