{
  "id": 14326067,
  "title": "Veteran Palestinian writer Rasem Obeidat placed under administrative detention",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/veteran-palestinian-writer-rasem-obeidat-placed-under-administrative",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T00:08:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/veteran-palestinian-writer-rasem-obeidat-placed-under-administrative"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Veteran Palestinian writer Rasem Obeidat, 67, has been placed under six months of administrative detention by Israeli authorities, according to Quds News Network. Obeidat was arrested on September 27, 2026, during a raid at his home in Jabal al-Mukabber, occupied Jerusalem. He was subsequently interrogated at the Moscovia detention center. The authorities issued the six-month detention order on September 29, based on what they described as a \"secret file.\"",
  "summary": "Veteran Palestinian writer Rasem Obeidat placed under administrative detention Israeli authorities have placed Palestinian writer, journalist and political analyst Rasem Obeidat, 67, under six months of administrative detention without formal charges or a public trial, Quds News Network reported. Obeidat was arrested during a raid on his home in Jabal al-Mukabber, occupied Jerusalem, on 27…",
  "key_points": [
    "Veteran Palestinian writer Rasem Obeidat, 67, placed under administrative detention.",
    "Arrested on September 27, 2026, during home raid in Jabal al-Mukabber, Jerusalem.",
    "Six-month detention order issued September 29 based on secret file."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The use of secret files to justify administrative detention allows Israeli authorities to hold prominent Palestinian figures like Obeidat without formal charges or immediate legal recourse.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}