Some 600 Palestinians held by Israel without charge, group says

Critics and rights groups say the system of administrative detention denies due process [File: Ammar Awad/Reuters]

Israel is holding about 600 Palestinian detainees without charge or trial, the highest number since 2016, an Israeli rights group said.

HaMoked, an Israeli rights group that regularly gathers figures from prison authorities, said on Monday 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.