IMEU Institute for Middle East Understanding
On Wednesday (March 21), 17-year-old Ahed Tamimi entered Ofer military court with bright pink socks tucked underneath the metal shackles that held her feet together. In a prison-issued jacket that was too big for her, she smiled from cheek to cheek. The Israeli judge presiding over her case accepted a plea bargain that would mean she will serve an eight month prison sentence.
on March 27, 2018
Israel last week extended the administrative detention of Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar by a further six months, meaning she will have been held without trial for a year at the end of June. As is usual in such cases, the evidence on which Jarrar is being held is deemed confidential and has not been released.
on December 31, 2017
Israeli forces detained 127 Palestinians across the West Bank during the first week of September alone, a prisoner rights watchdog said Sunday. The Palestinian Prisoner's Society said in a statement that the largest number of detainees were from Hebron district, where 28 Palestinians were taken by Israeli forces.
on September 8, 2014
Israel is still holding a Palestinian-American teenager it arrested July 3 during protests in Jerusalem, following the murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir. "I can confirm that Mohamed Abu Nie is a U.S. Citizen … was arrested on July 3rd during protests in the Shuafat neighborhood in East Jerusalem," Marie Harf, a U.S. State Department official, said during a briefing earlier this month.
on August 19, 2014
Israeli forces launched widespread arrest raids across East Jerusalem overnight, detaining 57 Palestinians, locals and a police spokesman said Wednesday.
on August 13, 2014
Some 120 Palestinians were detained from Hebron, Jerusalem, Ramallah and al-Bireh, Jenin and Bethlehem during the first week of August, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said Monday.
on August 7, 2014
Just hours after 15-year-old Tariq Abu Khdeir left for Ben Gurion International Airport to return home to Tampa, Florida, Israeli police raided and ransacked the home of his family in the Shufat neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem. The police arrested Abu Khdeir’s uncle and cousins without charges.
on July 18, 2014
The Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights' report documented dozens of video recorded testimonies of children arrested during the first months of 2014, pointing out that 75 per cent of the detained children are subjected to physical torture and 25 per cent faced military trials. (photo: ActiveStills)
on July 2, 2014
Photo Essays
Saadia Hourani was forced to go 13 years without seeing her husband due to Israel’s draconian web of restrictions on family visits for Palestinian prisoners.
on June 25, 2014