Israel Palestinians Detention
FILE - Palestinians attend a protest in solidarity with Hisham Abu Hawash, center, an Islamic Jihad member held by Israel under administrative detention, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Jan, 2, 2022. HaMoked, an Israeli rights group that regularly gathers figures from prison authorities, said Monday, May 2, 2022, that as of May 2022, there were 604 detainees held in administrative detention, the highest number since 2016. The banner in Arabic reads, "Those starving behind bars feed the universe with dignity."
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is holding some 600 Palestinian detainees without charge or trial, the highest number since 2016, an Israeli rights group said Monday.
Israel says it uses so-called administrative detention to thwart attacks and to hold dangerous militants without revealing sensitive intelligence. Palestinians and rights groups say the system is widely abused and denies due process, with some detainees held for months or years without seeing the evidence against them.
HaMoked, an Israeli rights group that regularly gathers figures from prison authorities, said that as of May there were 604 detainees held in administrative detention. Nearly all are Palestinians, as administrative detention is very rarely used against Jews.