Tag: Israel Prison Service
Court approves sex change for convicted killer
An Israel court has ordered the Israel Prison Service to allow a convicted killer to undergo a gender change while incarcerated, in a precedent-setting case for criminals.
The ruling handed down by the Court of...
Palestinian prisoners to Ben-Gvir: ‘Change our conditions and blood will be spilled’
Palestinian terrorists in Israeli jails sent a letter to National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir warning of bloodshed if he changes their living conditions.
“If they touch our conditions—blood will be spilled,” the letter said, according...
Could Gilboa Prison escape help spark another intifada?
The dramatic escape of six Palestinian terrorists from Gilboa Prison in northern Israel on Monday carries the potential of a broader security escalation, a former defense official has cautioned.
Col. (res.) David Hacham, a former...
Palestinian prisoners riot as hunt for escaped terrorists enters fourth day
Riots broke out across the Judea and Samaria on Wednesday evening, and fires broke out at several Israeli prisons, amid rising pressure on the government and security forces to find six Palestinian terrorists who escaped a maximum-security facility...
Hunt underway for six Palestinian terrorists who escaped prison in northern Israel
A wide-scale manhunt was underway in Israel on Monday morning, after six Palestinians escaped from a high-security prison in the country’s north. The escapees were soon identified by authorities as members of terrorist groups.
Five...
Report: Israel Prison Service facilitating payments to Palestinian terrorists
A special clause in the contract between Israel’s Postal Bank (IPB) and the Israel Prison Service (IPS) stipulates that the latter will compensate the former should it be sued for violating the country’s anti-terror...
Netanyahu taps deputy Mossad director as spy agency’s next chief
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday announced his selection of the next head of the country’s Mossad intelligence agency, a deputy chief of the agency referred to only as “D.”
The nomination is pending...