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Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Support Work and Recommendations of UN Fact Finding Mission: Demand Effective Judicial Redress and the Protection of Victims’ Rights

2009-09-16

As Palestinian human rights organizations, we welcome the report by the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Fact Finding Mission) , released on 15 September 2009 and...

Human Rights Groups in Israel Provide Initial Response to Goldstone Report: Israel Must Initiate Independent Investigation into 'Operation Cast Lead'

2009-09-15

With the publication of the Goldstone Committee report today , 15.9.09, human rights organizations in Israel are studying the report and its conclusions. They call upon the Israeli Government to...

Trying to Go Back to School: Misgav Regional Council in the North and Beer el-Sabe Municipality in the South Cancel or Place Undue Barriers on Transport for Arab Students

2009-09-06

On 1 September 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Misgav Regional Council and the Ministry of Education demanding the resumption of bus transport for 10 Arab students from the unrecognized...

The "Ofer" Prison Administration forces Palestinian Women to Strip Completely Naked as a Condition to Visit their Incarcerated Relatives

2009-09-04

In a letter to the Israel Prison Service (IPS) and the Ofer prison administration dated 1 September 2009, Adalah demanded that they immediately stop the humiliating physical inspection practiced by...

Following Demand for Criminal Investigation by Adalah, Al-Haq and Al Mezan, Israeli Military Police Begin Probe into Killing and Wounding of Palestinians Carrying White Flags during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza

2009-09-03

The Israeli authorities open investigation into Abed-Rabbo On 2 September 2009, the Israeli military police interviewed Mr. Khalid Abed-Rabbo and his mother, Mrs. Su'ad Abed-Rabbo, at the Erez...

Al Mezan, Adalah and Others Petition Israeli Supreme Court to Order National Insurance Institute to Transfer Disability Payments Owed to Palestinian Workers in the Gaza Strip Immediately

2009-08-27

On 27 August 2009, the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza and Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel against the freeze of “national insurance” disability...

Adalah and Haifa University Prisoners’ Rights Clinic: State Prosecutor is Systematically Violating the Rights of Prisoners to Fair Trial Procedures

2009-08-26

On 23 August 2009, Adalah in cooperation with the Prisoners’ Rights and Rehabilitation Clinic at the University of Haifa sent a letter to the Minister of Justice , the Attorney General and...

Adalah to Defense Minister: The Right of Arab Citizens of Israel to Visit their Families in Gaza during Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr is a Constitutional Right

2009-08-26

On 25 August 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak and Commander of the Israeli Army Southern Command, Yoav Galant, demanding that Palestinian Arab citizens...

“Green Patrol” Inspector Assaults Elderly Arab Bedouin Woman from the Naqab and Destroys her Tent

2009-08-23

On 10 August 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Director of the “Green Patrol” and the legal advisor to the Israel Land Administration (ILA) demanding that they immediately...

Following Adalah's Intervention Education Ministry Commits to Opening an Arab High School in Led (Lod) for the 2009/2010 School Year

2009-08-18

The Ministry of Education (MOE) has committed to opening a high school for Arab students in the city of Led (Lod) in Israel in the coming school year. The written commitment came in response to a...

ILA and JNF should stop plan to build forest on ruins of Bedouin village

2009-08-13

On 5 August 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Director of the Israel Land Administration (ILA) and Jewish National Fund (JNF) officials in the south of Israel demanding that they...

New Israel Land Reform Law Passed by Knesset

2009-08-03

The new land reform law is wide ranging in scope: it institutes broad land privatization; permits land exchanges between the State and the Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemet Le-Israel)...

Adalah and Kfar Kama Residents Petition Nazareth District Court to Change Land Bid Affording Preferences to Former Israeli Soldiers

2009-07-29

On 26 July 2009, Adalah submitted a petition to the Nazareth District Court on behalf of four residents of the village of Kfar Kama demanding that the court order the Israel Land Administration...

Adalah Demands Restoration of Water to Arab Town of Daliyat al-Carmel in the North of Israel after Water Company Cuts off Supply

2009-07-29

On 19 July 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Director of Mekorot (the National Water Company), the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of National Infrastructure and the Attorney General...

In Decision on Adalah’s Petition, Supreme Court Affirms Urgent Need for Educational Counselors in Arab Bedouin Schools in the Naqab but Opts for Courses first to Overcome Shortfall of Professionals

2009-07-28

On 1 July 2009, the Supreme Court of Israel issued a final decision on a petition submitted by Adalah in 2006 to allocate positions for educational counselors in five schools in the Arab Bedouin...

Adalah to AG: Draft land reform law which permits the use of admissions committees to exclude Arab citizens of Israel from acquiring property rights in 697 rural and agricultural communities severely violates their rights

2009-07-21

Adalah to AG: Draft land reform law which permits the use of admissions committees to exclude Arab citizens of Israel from acquiring property rights in 697 rural and agricultural communities...

Adalah Demands Cancellation of Transport Minister's Decision to Hebraicize the Road Signs and Exclude the Arabic Names of Towns and Villages in Israel

2009-07-17

On 15 July 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Attorney General, Menachem Mazuz, demanding the cancellation of the Transport Minister's new decision to Hebraicize all the road signs in...

Adalah and ACRI to Attorney General Mazuz: Cancel the land swap agreement between the State of Israel and the Jewish National Fund as it violates the rules of public law and the right to equality

2009-07-09

Adalah and ACRI to Attorney General Mazuz: Cancel the land swap agreement between the State of Israel and the Jewish National Fund as it violates the rules of public law and the right to equality

Adalah Petitions Supreme Court to Compel Connection of Two Arab Bedouin Schools in the Naqab (Negev) to the National Electricity Network

2009-07-09

On 1 July 2009, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding an order to the Ministry of Education and the electricity company to connect the Al-Mustakbal and Al-Aa'sam B...

Human Rights Organizations in Israel Present a Report to the Goldstone Committee: "It is Crucial to Investigate Alleged Violations of the Laws of War”

2009-06-30

This week, seven human rights organizations based in Israel presented a report to the UN Fact-Finding team investigating allegations of war crimes during “Operation Cast Lead” in Gaza,...