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Activists from Israel demonstrate in solidarity with Jordanian-Palestinian prisoner Hiba al-Labadi outside Ofer Military Court in the West Bank, October 28, 2019. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Israel to release hunger-striking Jordanian national from admin detention

Heba Al-Labadi, a Jordanian national of Palestinian descent, has been on hunger strike for 41 days to protest her detention without indictment or trial. She was arrested by Israel while traveling from Jordan to a wedding in Jenin. Heba al-Labadi, a Jordanian citizen of Palestinian descent, who has been on hunger strike for the past…

By Oren Ziv November 4, 2019

Hiba al-Labadi, who has been in Israeli administrative detention since August. (Courtesy)

‘Want to know what I’m accused of? Me too.’

Hiba al-Labadi has been on hunger strike for 35 days after being imprisoned by Israel since August without trial. Now Palestinian and Israeli activists are trying to raise awareness about the case. Palestinian and Israeli activists launched a viral campaign on Sunday demanding the release of a Jordanian citizen who has been on hunger strike for…

By Oren Ziv October 27, 2019

Illustrative photo of Israeli soldiers arresting a young Palestinian man, Hebron, West Bank, September 20, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

IDF admits teen didn’t commit crime, locks him up for Facebook post anyway

The Israeli army is holding Anwar Makhtoob in administrative detention for two six-month-old Facebook posts. The military prosecutor admits there isn’t even a suspicion that he had committed a crime. The Israeli army arrested Anwar Makhtoob, an 18-year-old Palestinian, over several old Facebook posts two weeks ago. The military prosecutor readily admitted that there wasn’t…

By Edo Konrad January 10, 2019

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Abdullah Abu Rahmah being arrested by Border Police in Bil'in, May 13, 2016

Palestinian activist sent to prison for ‎riding a bike in his village

An Israeli military court sentenced Abdullah Abu Rahma, a recognized human rights defender, to 110 days in prison for riding a bicycle during a protest against the occupation two years ago. An Israeli military court sentenced renowned Palestinian activist Abdullah Abu Rahma to four months in prison on Wednesday, for two charges stemming from a bicycle race to mark Nakba Day…

By Oren Ziv November 14, 2018

Palestinian journalist Ali Dar Ali seen in Ofer Military Court on August 20, 2018. (Oren Ziv)

One of Palestine’s most popular journalists is in jail for incitement

Ali Dar Ali was arrested for two posts he published on Facebook. But the prosecution and the judge are far more concerned with his large following than the content of the posts. By Oren Ziv Israeli forces arrested Ali Dar Ali, one of the most renowned Palestinian journalists in the West Bank, at his home near Ramallah last week, for incitement…

By Oren Ziv August 21, 2018

Nariman Tamimi (left), Bassem Tamimi (center), and Ahed Tamimi (right) walk into Nabi Saleh after Nariman and Ahed are released from Israeli prison, July 29, 2018. (Oren Ziv)

‘It is easy to be a terrorist, it’s much harder to pursue peace’

Eight months after she was sent to prison for filming her daughter slap an IDF soldier, Nariman Tamimi speaks about her time behind bars, the case for international pressure on Israel, and the way her family is treated by the Israeli media. ‘They know that Ahed is not a terrorist. If we wanted to be terrorists,…

By Oren Ziv August 1, 2018

Illustrative photo of Abdullah Abu Rahma in court at the Ofer military prison, September 15, 2010. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

How Israel’s military courts conspire to keep Palestinians in prison

An Israeli military judge ordered Abdullah Abu Rahme released, saying there was no reason to keep him behind bars. And yet for the next month, the military justice system conspired to keep him in prison. By Edo Konrad and Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man Imagine you are arrested for a nonviolent property crime. After a few days in…

By Edo Konrad April 26, 2018

Ahed Tamimi in the Ofer prison military court. December 20, 2017. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)

An Israeli and a Palestinian slap a soldier. Guess who’s still in prison?

A reminder that Israelis and Palestinians who commit the same crime face radically different consequences. Minutes before an Israeli military judge signed off on Ahed Tamimi’s plea deal last week, something unexpected happened inside Israel’s Ofer Military Court. A Jewish Israeli activist rose from the back benches, approached the military prosecutor, slapped him across the…

By Edo Konrad March 25, 2018

Ahed Tamimi to spend 8 months in prison in plea deal

The 17-year-old from Nabi Saleh filmed slapping an Israeli soldier has already been imprisoned for three months. Her mother and cousin also sign plea deals. Activist slaps prosecutor in court. By +972 Magazine Staff Ahed Tamimi, the teenager from Nabi Saleh arrested after a video of her attempting to push two armed Israeli soldiers off…

By +972 Magazine March 21, 2018

Ahed Tamimi during the first hearing of her trial at the Ofer prison military court. February 13, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Journalists, diplomats kicked out of Ahed Tamimi’s trial

Despite Ahed Tamimi’s request for her trial to be open to the public, military judge rules that it will take place behind closed doors. By Oren Ziv Dozens of diplomats, journalists, photographers, and supporters arrived at the Ofer Military prison Tuesday morning for the opening hearing in the trial of Ahed Tamimi, the 17 year old from…

By Oren Ziv February 13, 2018

Ahed Tamimi is seen before her hearing at Ofer Military Court near the West Bank city of Ramallah, January 17, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Military court: Ahed Tamimi and her mom to remain in prison

Bassem Tamimi: ‘I don’t trust this court, I don’t trust this legal system, all of which is built to punish the Palestinians.’ By Oren Ziv An Israeli military appeals court on Wednesday denied bail to Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian girl who was filmed slapping an Israeli soldier at the entrance to her home, and her…

By Oren Ziv January 17, 2018

Ahed Tamimi in the Ofer prison military court. December 20, 2017. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)

At 16, Israel promised me freedom. Why does it deny it to Ahed Tamimi?

Looking at the images of Ahed in court, I know we can never truly be free as long as we deny another people their freedom. And I wonder what freedom actually means if it takes locking up people like Ahed to secure it. By Simone Zimmerman When I was 16, I joined Facebook. I spent a…

By +972 Magazine December 21, 2017

Israeli police smuggle Palestinian suspect out of the country

The police took Nasser Nawaj’ah out of the West Bank and into Israel to face trial. When that didn’t work, they ignored a court order to release him and smuggled him back to the West Bank and into military custody. What happened to a Palestinian man named Nasser Nawaj’ah on Thursday could fill an entire…

By Haggai Matar January 22, 2016