Administrative detention

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

"Why didn't I sign for the settlers? Because that is not terrorism. Only someone who acts against the security of the state, someone who acts to harm [the state]," the defense minister said.

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.
Drone being remotely controlled

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

An Israel Prison Service officer at Ketziot Prison watches as Palestinian prisoners are prepared for release in exchange for Israeli hostages held by Gazan terrorists, February 26, 2025; illustrative.

UN torture report flags Israel for allegedly mistreating journalists, detainees, ex-MAG

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz seen in the Knesset plenum, December 16, 2024

Netanyahu leads meeting on West Bank riots, Katz defends axing administrative detention for Jews


Katz: Duma village riots 'not defined as terrorism'

On Tuesday, the military said some 30 masked men, believed to be Jewish residents from the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council area, entered the village, torching property. 

Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz

Israel Katz, security forces squabble over Jewish detentions amid West Bank settler violence

Jewish extremists resisted the removal, including throwing rocks at soldiers and wounding two IDF troops.

View of a burnt Palestinian car after it was set on fire by settlers in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus in the West Bank, December 4, 2024

Women march to Knesset to support Jewish administrative detainees

There are currently 22 Jewish people who have administrative conditions set against them in Israel.

 Pictures from the march

UNRWA draft report alleges beatings, sexual abuse of Gazan detainees - NYT

The IDF strongly denies allegations of sexual abuse and says that all deaths in custody, as well as any formal complaints of mistreatment, are investigated by the military police. 

 Israeli soldiers operate next to the UNRWA headquarters, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, February 8, 2024.

Ben-Gvir attacks Shin Bet after Palestinian prisoners released from jail

The IDF and Shin Bet said that the release was done because the prisons were running out of room.

 Ministro de Seguridad Nacional, Itamar Ben-Gvir

Israel holding some 6,000 Palestinian prisoners, 'unlawful combatants'

In September, Israel broke a 30-year record for administrative detention of Palestinians, hitting 1,264, Hamoked announced. 

IDF with Palestinian demonstrators during a rally in solidarity with six Palestinian prisoners who managed to esacpe from an Israeli prison a few days ago, in Hebron, September 9, 2021.

Israel breaks 30-year record for administratively detaining Palestinians

There have not been this many Palestinians in administrative detention since the First Intifada of the late 1980s-early 1990s.

 A Palestinian prisoner waits to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007

Israeli citizen administrative detention bill talks delayed by week

The national security minister would be able to issue an order to put Israeli citizens and residents in administrative detention for up to a year.

 Handcuffed hands rest on prison bars. (Illustrative)

New Israeli bill could give Ben-Gvir power to order administrative detentions

According to the bill, the minister may not use these steps if there is a way to achieve the desired result with a lesser violation of the person's rights.

IDF with Palestinian demonstrators during a rally in solidarity with six Palestinian prisoners who managed to esacpe from an Israeli prison a few days ago, in Hebron, September 9, 2021.

Palestinian administrative detainees to go on hunger strike

A hunger strike could trigger a wave of protests throughout the West Bank against both the PA and Israel. 

IDF with Palestinian demonstrators during a rally in solidarity with six Palestinian prisoners who managed to esacpe from an Israeli prison a few days ago, in Hebron, September 9, 2021.