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In the past, Israel had defended the administrative detention of Palestinians as a necessary tool for preventing attacks. A 16-year-old girl stabbed in the incident, Shira Banki, has succumbed to her injuries.

Pitella said the use by Israel of administrative detention orders – which allow for renewable six-month periods of detention without trial – not only against Palestinians but also against extremist Jews “doesn’t help”.

“On Tu B’Av, the festival of love, when around us we are seeing more and more displays of hatred and violence that make us all cringe, we must love and respect each other”, he wrote, according to Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz. “From what we’ve seen...

The attack on the Dawabsheh home, coupled with an ultra-Orthodox Jew’s fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old girl at a gay pride parade the previous day, sparked outrage in Israel and several large-scale anti-violence demonstrations. As opposed to impression that officials are...

As of June, the number of individuals held in Israeli jails under administrative detention – a practice that allows the holding of terrorism suspects without charges or trial – included 370 Palestinians and two foreigners, but not a single Israeli Jew, according to...

Authorities are much more lenient toward Jewish extremists than they are toward Palestinians suspected of militant activity, critics say.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida reported on Palestinian Knesset Member Ahmad Tibi denouncing the Jewish settlers who perpetrated the latest arson attack as having their hands covered by Palestinian children’s blood. The Shin Bet sought to put Ettinger under administrative detention in...

The child’s parents and four-year-old brother were seriously injured in the attack, suspected to have been carried out by Jewish settlers.

The Israeli parliament has approved a law allowing prisoners on hunger strikes facing death to be force fed, sparking criticism from rights groups and medical experts.

The Knesset passed a contentious law on Thursday to permit the force-feeding of prisoners on hunger strikes, eliciting harsh criticism over the practice.

The Israeli parliament voted Thursday to allow the force-feeding of prisoners on hunger strike.

The Israeli parliament has passed a law that would permit the force-feeding of inmates on hunger strike.