Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz on Tuesday imposed an administrative detention order on Raja Ighbaria, 74, a leader in the Abnaa al-Balad movement, for six months. This comes about a week after his arrest and the failure of the intelligence and police to file an indictment against him.

The administrative detention order came hours before Ighbariya was scheduled to appear in the Hadera Magistrate's Court today, where he was expected to be released, according to his defense team.

Ighbariya was arrested last Wednesday from his family's home in Umm al-Fahm, following a raid by police, Border Guard, and intelligence agents. He was then transferred to the Jalameh detention center.

Ighbaria is being represented by attorney Badr Ighbaria. A court session was held last week to consider extending his detention. The court agreed to extend his detention until today, before the Minister of Security issued the administrative detention order.

Available statistics and information indicate that approximately 27 young men from the Arab community in the country are under administrative detention, the majority of whom have been subjected to administrative detention for six months.