Dangerous increase in number of Palestinian administrative detainees held by Israel

According to the Office, the latest figure of administrative detainees as of the beginning of July stands at 3,629 people, which the monitor said is the highest number recorded since this type of detention began being used on a wide scale.

Israel routinely uses administrative detention and has, over the years, placed thousands of Palestinians behind bars for periods ranging from several months to several years, without charging them, without telling them what they are accused of, and without disclosing the alleged evidence to them or their lawyers.

According to Haaretz, Western states rarely employ administrative detention and, in some countries, the practice does not exist at all. Israeli occupation authorities use it mainly in the West Bank against Palestinians “while its use against Israeli citizens, particularly Jewish ones, is rarely employed.”