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Posted by: John Phoenix Palestinians imprisoned at Sde Teiman are shackled and blindfolded 24 hours a day and are forced to sit still and silent in painful positions for hours on end. (( Whistleblower via Quds News Network)) Reposted from Defense for Children International, September 02, 2025 A record number of Palestinian children are held in administrative detention without charge or trial. 360 Palestinian children are detained in Israeli prisons as of June 30, the latest data available from the Israel Prison Service (IPS), which is the highest number since early 2016. 147 children, or 41 percent of the total, are held in administrative detention without charge or trial, which is both the highest number and the highest proportion on record since Defense for...

Postedby: John Phoenix Collage: Fei Liu ( Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/picture alliance) Mohammed Ibrahim is one of more than 300 Palestinian children being held indefinitely in Israeli custody. By Jonah Valdez, Reposted from The Intercept, October 26, 2025 On the morning of October 13, Zaher Ibrahim desperately tried to find his son among the dozens of newly freed Palestinians streaming from Red Cross buses in the occupied West Bank city of Beitunia. Zaher’s son, Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old Palestinian American, was swept up by Israeli forces during a dawn raid at their home in the village of al-Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya in February. The Israeli military charged Mohammed with throwing a rock and striking a car driven by an Israeli settler, an accusation h...

Posted by: John Phoenix  contact@ifamericansknew.org   Thousands of Gazan Palestinians have been processed through the Sde Teiman prison since October 7th (image by Hédi Benyounes via Unsplash) (Unsplash) A Palestinian lawyer has exposed shocking testimonies of sexual torture, rape, and systematic abuse of Gaza detainees in Israeli prisons By Yakoota Al Ahmad & Tarek Chouiref, Reposted from Anadolu Agency, July 29, 2025 A Palestinian lawyer has exposed shocking testimonies of sexual torture, rape, and systematic abuse of Gaza detainees in Israeli prisons, warning that Israel is using such practices to intimidate Palestinians and defy international law. In an exclusive interview with Anadolu, Khaled Mahajna, a lawyer with the Palestinian Authority’s ...

Posted by: John Phoenix Israeli forces gather on a road during a raid at the al-Faraa camp for Palestinian refugees north of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank on October 10, 2024. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) 51 percent of Palestinian child detainees are in administrative detention, a record number Reposted from Defense for Children International, March 18, 2026 Ramallah, March 18, 2026—51 percent of Palestinian child detainees are in administrative detention, a record number. 351 Palestinian children are detained in Israeli prisons as of December 31, 2025, according to the latest data available from the Israel Prison Service (IPS). 180 children, or 51 percent of the total, are held in administrative detention without charge or trial, which is both the ...