Plans for crocodile-filled moat around Israeli prison for Palestinians halted

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Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir takes part in the Jerusalem Day celebrations on May 14, 2026 in the Old City of Jerusalem. The controversial annual march sees thousands of nationalist Israelis celebrate the capture of the formerly Jordanian-held east of the city during the Six-Day War in 1967. The march has become increasingly volatile, with tensions over the war in Gaza, as well as settler violence in the West Bank, fuelling hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians. (Photo by Erik Marmor/Getty Images)

An Israeli court has stopped plans to move crocodiles outside a prison for Palestinians – but not for human rights concerns.

Animal rights campaigners said moving crocodiles into a moat outside Ketziot Prison in the Negev desert was ‘vicious and cruel’.

The prison hol...

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