Torture

UK to shell out ‘substantial’ out of court settlement to Palestinian Guantanamo detainee

Zubaydah was accused of being a high-ranking Al-Qaeda official and was alleged to have run training camps in Afghanistan for terrorists. The claim has not been substantiated.

A group of detainees kneels during an early morning Islamic prayer in their camp at the US military prison for "enemy combatants" on October 28, 2009 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Former Israeli hostage Elkana Bohbot reacts as he returns home after leaving the hospital, following his release from captivity in Gaza, in Mevaseret Zion, Israel, October 19, 2025.

'I could hear the carnage': Former hostage Elkana Bohbot recounts Nova massacre, Hamas captivity

Former hostage Segev Kalfon speaks in Jerusalem, November 17, 2025.

Freed hostage Segev Kalfon denounces lack of support received from Israel since release

An anti-Israeli billboard is seen on a street, early hours of ceasefire, in Tehran, Iran, June 24, 2025.

Executed Iranian nuclear scientist confessed to aiding Israel after torture, threats against mother


Would we know if Palestinians were being tortured by the Shin Bet?

The High Court of Justice has declared torture of detainees – whether they are sympathetic or not – to be illegal since 1999, even for terrorists.

Actors demonstrate the Israeli Shin Bet torture method known as "Banana b'kiseh"

‘Tortured’ Palestinian suspect expected to be sent back to Shin Bet

Both IDF courts and the Supreme Court rejected Arbid’s defense lawyers’ previous requests to release him from being a detainee on the grounds that the Shin Bet allegedly beat him into a coma.

IDF soldiers searching in the West Bank for the terrorists who killed Rina Shnerb, August 2019

Rina Shnerb's alleged murderer linked to European-funded BDS affiliates

Arbid was listed as an accountant for Addameer (Arabic for conscience) Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, which is a European-funded NGO.

Rina Shnerb, 17, was killed by an improvised explosive device in the West Bank, August 23 2019

Authorities silent on medical update of ‘tortured’ Palestinian suspect

The Jerusalem Post has learned that already on Thursday, at a detention hearing before the IDF West Bank courts, he complained of various pains from his interrogation by the Shin Bet.

Avichay Mandelblit attends Ayelet Shaked's goodbye party.

Saudi woman activist rejects release deal tied to denying torture

Hathloul was arrested over a year ago as Saudi Arabia ended a ban on women driving cars, which many of the detainees had long campaigned for. Local media tarred them as traitors.

Majdooleen, who is among the first Saudi women allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia, drives her car in her neighborhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia June 24, 2018.

Muslim Chinese woman describes torture in detention camp

FILE PHOTO - Military vehicles carrying DF-21D ballistic missiles roll to Tiananmen Square during a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2015

Court: Lawyers may meet minors in Jewish terror case on Saturday night

Fighting breaks out at courthouse between police and right-wing activists.

Man in handcuffs - illustrative

Amnesty International: Palestinian woman tortured in PA prison

Jbara, who is a US and Panamanian citizen, was arrested by the PA security forces during a raid on her home in a village north of Ramallah on November 3.

Members of the Palestinian security forces clash with demonstrators during a protest organised by Hizb-ut Tahrir against what organisers say are political arrests by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank city of Hebron February 25, 2017.

Video of Shin Bet interrogations leading to disciplinary measures

The Justice Ministry did not provide statistics on the number of disciplinary proceedings.

Ofer Prison

High Court: Enhanced interrogation of Hamas operative not illegal torture

Although the agency's enhanced interrogation had caused Tavish to vomit, both a special investigator and the court said the interrogation was legal.

Palestinian Hamas supporters take part in a rally marking the 30th anniversary of Hamas' founding, in the West Bank city of Nablus December 15,