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Illustrative: Palestinian protesters hold pictures of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails during a rally in the center of the West Bank city of Nablus to mark Palestinian Prisoners' Day on April 16, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
February 11, 2026, 6:56 pm
Despite High Court ruling, Palestinian security prisoners say they’re still going hungry
Itamar Ben Gvir has boasted of making conditions worse for terror inmates and a 2025 court decision ordered Israel to give them more food, but reports of malnutrition persist
By Reuters and ToI Staff
An illustrative photo of a security camera. (Oliver Peters via Pixabay)
December 25, 2025, 7:35 pm
Knesset passes law allowing IDF, Shin Bet to hack into civilian security cameras
Security agencies allowed to access civilian systems without a judicial warrant; bill ‘disproportionately violates human rights, first and foremost the right to privacy,’ says ACRI
By Sam Sokol
A woman is seen blowing out Hanukkah candles in a Tel Aviv mall in an undated video from December 2025. (Screen grab/ X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 23, 2025, 10:03 am
Police to probe teen who blew out Hanukkah candles in Tel Aviv mall
Police say 17-year-old girl and 19-year-old relative called in for questioning; rights group challenges legality of investigation amid questions on nature of alleged offense
By ToI Staff
The Israel Prison Service dresses Palestinian prisoners set for release in shirts featuring its logo, a Star of David and the sentence in Arabic: 'We will not forget or forgive,' February 15, 2025. (Israel Prison Service)
October 6, 2025, 4:36 pm
Fearing for talks, PM asks High Court to delay a hearing on Palestinian prisoner visits
Netanyahu’s office cites potential harm to efforts to secure return of hostages from Gaza; civil rights attorney rejects implication that renewing Red Cross visits would be impediment
By Yuval Yoaz
IDF surveyors at the homes of the two Palestinian terrorists who carried out a deadly shooting attack in Jerusalem on September 8, 2025, prepare their potential demolition (IDF Spokesperson)
September 9, 2025, 4:09 pm
Army maps Jerusalem terror shooters’ homes for demolition
IDF engineers survey sites in Qatanna and Qubeiba; defense minister orders ‘civil sanctions’ on their relatives, residents of villages; rights groups write to AG protesting move
By Emanuel Fabian and Jeremy Sharon
June 10, 2025, 10:00 pm
What Matters Now to Rabbi Noa Sattath: Global LGBTQ+ support for Hamas
For Pride Month, head of Association for Civil Rights in Israel reflects on the roll out of gay rights in Israel and the role the community can play in the fight for equal rights for all
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Blindfolded Palestinians captured in the Gaza Strip in a detention facility on the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel. (Breaking The Silence via AP)
December 19, 2024, 10:05 pm
High Court scraps with Ben Gvir as state ordered to answer prisoner starvation claim
After bench demands response to petition alleging inadequate nutrition for security inmates, right-wing ministers say judges shielding terrorists, drawing pushback from Judicial Authority
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Palestinian class at the Salem School, East Jerusalem, December 6, 2017. (Nasser Ishtayeh/ Flash90/ File)
November 5, 2024, 6:21 pm
Knesset passes law allowing government to fire teachers it asserts identify with terror
Right-wing MKs call new law an important tool in preventing radicalization; rights group ACRI says it ‘violates the rights to expression, employment and pedagogical autonomy’
By Sam Sokol
MK Almog Cohen argues with MK Ofer Cassif during a Knesset House Committee meeting, October 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 29, 2024, 9:19 pm
Following stormy debate, lawmakers advance measure to deport terrorists’ relatives
Bill allowing interior minister to expel, without trial, citizens who encourage family members to commit attacks ‘not constitutional,’ says rights organization ACRI
By Sam Sokol
Activists clash with police in the northern Israeli city of Haifa during a protest against the war in Gaza, May 30, 2024. (Flash90)
October 22, 2024, 6:04 am
Accused of meddling in war or muddling rights, High Court rankles both left and right
Liberal groups accuse the bench of being too timid and too slow to address violations of fundamental rights, while conservatives claim its interference is harming the war effort
By Jeremy Sharon
Two residents of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab stand next to tanks placed by local residents on rooftops and filled with water purchased privately, as their water supply is cut to only a few hours a week, July 24, 2024 (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)
August 19, 2024, 4:32 pm
In summer heat, East Jerusalem suburb receives water for only 12 hours a week
Sprawling Kafr Aqab has seen its population skyrocket in recent years, but the infrastructure and the water supply have not kept up. Now residents demand answers
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Illustrative: An employee of Al Jazeera walks past the channel's logo at its headquarters in Doha, Qatar, in 2016. (AP/ Kamran Jebreili, File)
June 26, 2024, 6:44 pm
Knesset moves toward making ‘Al Jazeera Law’ permanent, allowing blocking of broadcasts
As bill passes preliminary reading, sponsor Ariel Kallner says: ‘I am in favor of freedom of the press, but not at the cost of the safety of our soldiers and citizens’
By Sam Sokol
Gazan detainees seen in a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 19, 2024, 11:52 pm
Israel seeks to replace Red Cross with ‘external party’ for Palestinian prisoner visits
Civil rights group blasts proposal, says government ‘circumventing international law’ and ‘overriding international regulations based on professional oversight and neutrality’
By Jeremy Sharon
Hamas terror suspects, caught during the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and ensuing war in Gaza, crouch on the ground in the courtyard of a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 28, 2024, 6:23 pm
IDF sets up committee to probe alleged torture of Palestinian terror suspects
Admitting logistic issues in processing captives from Gaza, military says panel will examine conditions of detainees at facilities to determine compliance with international law
By Emanuel Fabian and Jeremy Sharon
Suspected terrorists who were caught during the October 7 massacre and during the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
May 23, 2024, 1:52 pm
Rights groups petition court to shutter Negev detention facility over torture claims
Organizations cite evidence detained Gazans had surgery without anesthesia, held in agonizing positions; state approves autopsy request for Gazan doctor who died in custody
By ToI Staff
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