Israel prison

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


Dershowitz visits Olmert in prison

He did not specify whether he had visited Olmert in a professional capacity, as a friend or as a peace process researcher.

Alan Dershowitz

Prisons Service says repentance and forgiveness key to rehabilitation

The Ofek detention center at Sharon Prison is the country’s only detention facility for offenders under the age of 18.

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

Olmert parole hearing set for Hanukka

The former prime minister could be let out of prison for good behavior after serving two-thirds of the sentence.

Ehud Olmert

Hadar Goldin's family demands cabinet meeting over return of son's body

Along with the demand, the family is pressuring the Israeli government to use the conditions of convicted terrorists in Israeli prisoners as a means to pressure Hamas.

Sec.-Lt. Hadar Goldin.

Red Cross cuts family visits for prisoners

Outrage in the West Bank following decision.

YASMIN RAJOUB displays a photo of her son, Jamal, who is serving a life sentence for terrorism at Rimon Prison. (

Smuggling life

The question boils down to whether our society should allow those who have taken life to beget life.

Palestinian prisoners who were released from Israeli prisons as part of a prisoners exchange deal between Israel and Hamas wave from a bus

Protesters enraged at ICRC cut of Palestinian prison visit program in half

Outrage in the West Bank Following ICRC Deduction in Prison Visitation Days.

Eshel Prison

Katsav agrees to rehab, but expresses no regret

Parole board reexamines request for early release by ex-president jailed almost five years ago for rape.

Former president of Israel Moshe Katsav

Former PM Olmert spends furlough with family

he reason for the timing of the furlough was that it was the first day he was eligible to leave the prison after serving a fourth of his sentence.

Ehud Olmert

Parole board to hear former president Katsav’s plea for early prison release today

“The institution of presidential pardons is already problematic since it is run by a politician,” Gal-On said.

Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav walks towards the entrance to Maasiyahu prison in Ramle, near Tel Aviv, December 7, 2011