Data: IDF Military
Courts in the Occupied Territories
Note: the following statistics are
IDF official data. Part of it was received following Yesh Din's demand from IDF
Spokesperson and the other was published in IDF Military Courts Unit's and
MAG's annual activity reports.
Extension of Detention hearings in
the Military Courts, 2000-2006
Year
Hearings
2000
4,071
2001
6,017
2002
9,571
2003
11,403
2004
14,120
2005
11,950
2006
16,451
Indictments filed in the West Bank
and the Gaza Strip, divided into categories, 2002-2006
Year
Hostile Terrorist Activity
Disturbance of Public Order
Criminal
Illegal Presence in Israel
Traffic
Total
2002
2,135
941
473
1,546
2,502
7,597
2003
2,650
1,143
436
1,564
2,011
7,804
2004
3,189
1,139
732
1,271
3,790
10,121
2005
2,642
1,601
291
610
2,924
8,068
2006
3,523
1,120
378
1,387
3,392
9,800
Total
14,139
5,944
2,310
6,378
14,619
43,390
Indictments filed at the Military
Courts for offenses of murder and attempted murder, 2004-2006
Category / Offense
Indictments filed
Disturbance of Public Order
Criminal
Illegal Presence in Israel
Traffic
18,635
Hostile Terrorist Activity
intentionally attempting to cause
death
1,188
intentionally causing death
197
Other indictments of HTA category
7,969
Indictments filed for offences of
Hostile Terrorist Activity category, 1998-2006
Defendants in the Military Courts
under detention until the end of proceedings, 2001-2006
(figures at end of year, not total figures per year)
Year
Detainees held until end of
proceedings
Less than a year
Between one and two years
Over two years
Total
Pct. change from prev. year
2001
1,134
903
146
85
2002
2,110
+91%
1,710
362
38
2003
2,572
+22%
1,998
533
51
2004
2,697
+5%
2,104
593
78
2005
1,473
-83%
1,120
317
36
2006
1,986
+34%
1,797
155
34
Acquittals and convictions in the
Military Courts, 2006
Category
Cases adjudicated
Full acquittals
Full/partial convictions
number
pct.
number
pct.
HTA
2,943
18
0.61%
2,925
99.39%
Disturbances
882
2
0.23%
880
99.77%
Criminal
248
2
0.81%
246
99.19%
IPI
1,297
2
0.15%
1,295
99.85%
Traffic
3,484
2
0.015%
3,482
99.94%
Total
8,854
26
0.29%
8,828
99.71%
Fines imposed in the Military
Courts, 2002-2006
Year
Total fines imposed (NIS)
Defendants whose trials were
concluded
Average fine per defendant (NIS)
2002
7,051,305
5,849
1,206
2003
9,196,385
6,635
1,386
2004
17,073,686
9,485
1,800
2005
14,373,700
9,986
1,439
2006
11,906,670
9,123
1,305
Administrative detention orders and
administrative detention extension orders, 2004-2006
