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2002 Press Releases

December

Israeli Army Continues to Breach Supreme Court Injunction Prohibiting Use of Palestinian Civilians as Human Shields - 25 December 2002

Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Protesting Inhumane Detention Conditions at Ansar III - 24 December 2002

Adalah Demands that Interior Minister Rescind Order to Close Islamic Movement Newspaper - 23 December 2002

Attorney General, Supported by GSS, Seeks Disqualification of NDA Party from Israeli Elections; Right-Wing MKs Ask to Ban Three Arab MKs and Three Political Parties; Adalah to Represent All Arab MKs and Political Parties - 21 December 2002

Adalah Seeks Cancellation of University Prohibition on Students' Right to Counsel - 10 December 2002

District Court Continues Hearing Tomorrow on Adalah’s Petition Against Solitary Confinement of Marwan Barghouti - 8 December 2002

Tel Aviv District Court to Hear Adalah’s Petition Seeking Marwan Barghouti’s Release from Solitary Confinement - 6 December 2002

Adalah Seeks Cancellation of Ban on Education Programs for Political Prisoners - 2 December 2002

November

Supreme Court Orders State to Explain Exclusion of Arab Towns from 'Ofeq' Funding for High Unemployment Areas - 25 November 2002

Adalah Files Motion for Contempt of Court: Israeli Army Still Using Palestinian Civilians as Human Shields - 20 November 2002

Adalah to Safed College: Cancel the Suspension of Student Yassera Bakri - 14 November 2002

Adalah Requests that Family Members of West Bank Detainees and Prisoners Held in Israel Be Allowed to Visit their Relatives - 14 November 2002

Nazareth District Court Rejects Adalah's Appeal and Refuses to Grant Furlough to Political Prisoner - 14 November 2002

Adalah Asks Education Minister Not to Implement Proposed Discriminatory Criteria for Allocation of Funding - 14 November 2002

AG Seeks Registrar of Association's Explanation for Delay in Registering New Palestinian NGO in Israel - 12 November 2002

Adalah to AG: No Legal Basis for Police Seizure of Archimandrite Atallah Hanna's Passports - 12 November 2002

October

Adalah Presents at Progressive Lawyers' Conferences and Law Schools in the US - 29 October 2002

Supreme Court Hears of Inhumane Conditions of Palestinian Detainees Held at Ansar III - 16 October 2002

Supreme Court Freezes Discriminatory Budget Cuts in Child Allowances - 13 October 2002 (Arabic; MS-Word) (Hebrew; MS-Word)

September

New Publication: Adalah's Review, Volume 3 - Law and Violence - 27 September 2002

Adalah Challenges Prison Authorities' Ban on Education Programs for Political Prisoners - 12 September 2002

Adalah to the Attorney General: State Cannot Fund Racist Demography Council - 10 September 2002

Minister of Interior Revokes Citizenship of an Arab Citizen of Israel - 10 September 2002

Commission Ends Hearings with Testimony from Barak into his Responsibility for the Deaths of 13 Arab Citizens of Israel - 1 September 2002

August

Adalah Petitions Supreme Court to Allow Muslims to Pray in the Big Mosque in Beer el Sebe - 29 August 2002

Adalah Submits 12 New Petitions to the Supreme Court Challenging Family Unification Policy - 29 August 2002

Supreme Court Grants Injunction Preventing Israeli Army from Using Palestinian Civilians as Human Shields - 18 August 2002

Academic Experts to Commission: Arab Leaders Conducted Themselves Responsibly and Democratically - 18 August 2002

Adalah Confronts Ben Ami on Cross-Examination Before the Commission: Reveals Official Document Outlining Ways That Ben Ami Should "Cover Himself" - 16 August 2002

Ministry of Interior Rescinds Movement Restriction on Abna al-Balad General Secretary - 15 August 2002

Adalah to Attorney General: Cancel Registrar of Associations' Decision to Appoint an Investigator into Adalah's Activities - 13 August 2002

Adalah Denounces Opening of Investigation by Registrar of Associations - 12 August 2002

Supreme Court Upholds Travel Ban on Sheikh Ra'ed Salah - 12 August 2002

Adalah Condemns Minister of Interior's Plan to Revoke Citizenship of Two Palestinian Citizens of Israel - 8 August 2002

Supreme Court Rejects Adalah's Petition to Rescind Commission Warnings Against Arab Public Representatives - 7 August 2002

July

Supreme Court Issues Historic Judgment Affirming Collective Rights of Palestinian Minority in Israel - 26 July 2002

Court Sentences Bereaved Father to Community Service for Assaulting Police Sergeant - 17 July 2002

Ministry of Interior Rescinds Order to Deport European Human Rights Activist - 16 July 2002

June

Seven Palestinian Detainees and Ten Human Rights Organizations Submit Petition to Supreme Court Protesting Detention Conditions in Ansar III - 28 June 2002

Supreme Court Rejects Adalah's Appeal to End Two-Month House Arrest of Political Protestor - 26 June 2002

Commission Must Allow Victim's Families to Cross-Examine Witnesses in "Warnings Hearings" - 19 June 2002

Commission of Inquiry to Begin Warnings Hearings - 16 June 2002

Supreme Court Issues Order Nisi: Knesset and National Insurance Institute to Respond to Cuts in Child Allowances Petitions - 13 June 2002

Palestinian Journalist Retains Press Credentials Following GPO Review - 13 June 2002

As a Result of Adalah's Petition, Supreme Court Asks Ministry of Interior to Explain Inequality in Balance Grant Payments to Arab and Jewish Localities - 13 June 2002

Supreme Court Upholds Sheikh Ra'ed Salah Travel Ban Following Closed Meetings with GSS - 12 June 2002

MK Dr. Azmi Bishara Political Speeches Trial: Prosecution Admits that Attorney General Consulted GSS Prior to Indictment - 11 June 2002

Adalah and National Committee of Arab Mayors File Petition to Supreme Court: Cuts in Child Allowances Amount to Intentional Discrimination Against Palestinian Citizens of Israel - 6 June 2002

Adalah Files Petition to Supreme Court: Travel Restriction on Sheikh Ra'ed Salah is Unconstitutional - 3 June 2002

Adalah Submits Medical Research Report to the Official Commission of Inquiry on the Danger of Firing Rubber Bullets - 3 June 2002

Supreme Court Orders State to Respond to Adalah's Petition Challenging the Legality of the Government's Decision to Prevent Family Unification for Non-Citizen Palestinian Spouses of Israeli Citizens - 2 June 2002

May

As a Result of Adalah's Petition to the Supreme Court, Knesset Appoints Arab MK as a Full Member in the Special Economic Committee - 30 May 2002

Adalah to Knesset House Committee: Proposed Movement Restrictions on MK Dr. Ahmed Tibi are Illegal and Unconstitutional - 29 May 2002

Seven Human Rights Organizations Demand that Israeli Army Present Orders Barring Use of Palestinian Civilians as Human Shields and Hostages - 24 May 2002

Adalah Staff Attorney Publishes Essay Critiquing the Current Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories - 23 May 2002

Government Press Office to Reinstate Press Credentials of Palestinian Journalist - 15 May 2002

In Response to Supreme Court Petition, Israeli Army Implicitly Admits to Using Palestinian Civilians as Human Shields and Declares its Intention to Open an Investigation - 8 May 2002

Seven Human Rights Organizations Petition Supreme Court to Stop Israeli Army's Use of Palestinian Civilians as Human Shields - 6 May 2002

Adalah Files Pre-Petition in Opposition to Inhumane Treatment of Detainees in Ansar III Detention Center - 2 May 2002

Adalah Petitions Supreme Court Asking Army and GSS to Reveal Location of Jenin Camp Detainee - 1 May 2002

April

Seven Human Rights Organizations to the Supreme Court: Military Order 1500, Which Permits Prolonged Incommunicado Detention of Palestinians Is Illegal - 28 April 2002

Adalah Staff Attorney Publishes Article Critiquing Policies of the Israeli Government Towards the Palestinian Minority - 24 April 2002

Adalah Appeals Unjust Denial of Prisoner's Furlough Rights to Supreme Court - 23 April 2002

Adalah Files Pre-Petition Demanding Right of Entry to Israel for IRCT and Other Human Rights Defenders - 21 April 2002

Israeli Army Cancels Demolition of a Building in Qalandiyah Refugee Camp Following Adalah's Intervention - 21 April 2002

Seven Human Rights Organizations Petition Supreme Court Challenging Inhumane Detention Conditions of Over 1,400 Palestinians - 18 April 2002

Adalah Demands that Attorney General's Office Compel Israeli Army to Stop Using Palestinian Civilians as Human Shields - 18 April 2002

Adalah Submits Pre-Petition Demanding that the Israeli Army Immediately Cancel the Curfews Imposed on Palestinian Cities in the West Bank - 16 April 2002

On Appeal, Adalah Obtains Release of Kufr Kanna Man Denied Right to Counsel and Detained Without Cause - 16 April 2002

 Adalah and LAW Call on Supreme Court to Establish Procedures for the Removal of Palestinian Bodies from Jenin Refugee Camp - 15 April 2002

 Supreme Court Orders that Humanitarian Agencies be Allowed to Locate and Identify Palestinian Bodies from Jenin Refugee Camp - 14 April 2002

 Supreme Court to Hear Petitions on Removal of Dead Bodies of Palestinian Fighters and Civilians from Jenin Refugee Camp - 13 April 2002

 Adalah and LAW Petition the Israeli Supreme Court to Stop the Burial of Palestinian Fighters and Civilians in Mass Graves in the Jenin Refugee Camp - 12 April 2002

 State Files Indictment against Five Palestinian Community Leaders and Activists in the Naqab (Negev) - 12 April 2002

 Due to Curfew and Closure, Palestinian Journalist Cannot be Released from Ramallah Hospital - 11 April 2002

 Adalah Files Petition to Supreme Court to Reinstate Press Credentials of Palestinian Journalist - 11 April 2002

 LAW, ACRI and Adalah File a Petition to the Supreme Court Against the Israeli Army to Stop the Killing of the Civilian Population in the West Bank - 9 April 2002

 Supreme Court Rejects Petition Calling on Israeli Army to Stop Demolishing Homes in the Jenin Refugee Camp - 9 April 2002

 Supreme Court Dismissed Petition on Wounded and Killed Palestinians in Jenin and Nablus - 9 April 2002

 State Discloses Details About Ongoing Israeli Army Attack in Jenin Refugee Camp - 9 April 2002

 Israeli Soldier Shot at Demonstrators Near the Jenin Checkpoint - 9 April 2002

 Supreme Court Hearing on Massive Home Demolition in Jenin Refugee Camp - 8 April 2002

 Palestinian Citizens of Israel - Political Detainees in the Naqab (Negev) - 8 April 2002  Arabic MS-Word Document

 Supreme Court Hears Case On Palestinians Wounded and Killed in Jenin and Nablus - 8 April 2002

 Israeli Ministry of the Interior Attempts to Deport French Human Rights Defenders - 7 April 2002

 Adalah and LAW Call on Israeli Army to Cease Attacks on Jenin Hospital and Release Detained Medical Personnel - 6 April 2002

 Israeli Army Prohibits Released Palestinian Detainees From Crossing Qalandiyah Checkpoint - 6 April 2002

 Adalah Challenges Revocation of Press Credentials of Palestinian Journalists - 3 April 2002  Arabic MS-Word Document

 Adalah Submits Pre-petition: 60 Palestinians Confined in Apartment in Ramallah - 2 April 2002  Arabic MS-Word Document

 Adalah and Six Arab Youths Sue Beach in Tiberias for Racial Discrimination - 1 April 2002

March

 Ministry of Education Recommends Dismissal of Bedouin Education Authority Head Moshe Shohat in Response to Adalah's Petition - 29 March 2002

 Commission Rejects Adalah's Motion to Rescind Warnings Against Arab Leaders - 24 March 2002

 On Behalf of 100 Farmers, Adalah Files Objection to Local Plan G-7337 - 18 March 2002

 Adalah Petitions the Supreme Court to Annul Its Prior Ruling Concerning the National Democratic Assembly Party - 14 March 2002

 Adalah Files a Motion to the Commission to Rescind Warnings Against Arab Leaders - 13 March 2002

 Haifa District Court Criticizes Misgav For Appealing Judgment to Preserve Mosque in Husseniya - 4 March 2002

February

 MK Dr. Bishara's Political Speeches Case: At the First Court Hearing, Adalah Reveals that the Indictment is Politically Motivated and Must be Dismissed - 28 February 2002

 Adalah: Warnings Issued By Commission to Arab Leaders Are Illegal and Based on Irrelevant Considerations - 28 February 2002

 Adalah Submits TV Footage and Newspaper Articles to the Commission Challenging Testimonies by Police Officers and Government Officials - 25 February 2002

 Adalah and Al Meezan Challenge the Ban on Foreign Travel Issued Against Sheikh Ra'ed Salah - 20 February 2002

 Adalah to the Interior Ministry: Your Plan to Revoke the Citizenship of Arab Citizens of Israel is Illegal - 20 February 2002

 Government Razes Crops in the Unrecognized Villages - 18 February 2002

 Adalah Objects to the Harassment of the Palestinian Press in Israel by the Prime Minister's Office - 11 February 2002

 Supreme Court Rejects Adalah's Petition Opposing Closed Commission Hearings for GSS Witnesses - 6 February 2002

 Supreme Court to Hear Adalah's Petition Against Closed Commission Hearings for GSS Witnesses - 1 February 2002

January

 Adalah Demands Recognition of Arabic as an Official State Language in Israeli Courts - 28 January 2002

 Government Refuses to Provide Information on 'Moveable Property' of Palestinian Refugees - 28 January 2002

 Adalah Submits a Motion to the Commission Opposing Closed Hearings for the GSS - 28 January 2002

 Human Rights Watch Report Condemns Discrimination Against Palestinian Children in Israel - 21 January 2002

 Supreme Court Grants Order Nisi in Case Against the Head of the Bedouin Education Authority Regarding His Racist Statements - 16 January 2002

 Jewish and Palestinian Academics Testify before the Or Commission - 9 January 2002

 Kraiot Court Decides Not to Convict Five Palestinian Citizens in Connection with April 1998 Protests - 9 January 2002

 Adalah Demands That Courts Director Retract Translation Fee Instructions - 7 January 2002

 Adalah Co-organizes Seminar with UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing - 7 January 2002

 Adalah Co-organizes Objection to New Governmental Plan for Northern District - 7 January 2002

 Adalah Files Complaints Against Haifa Police Officers For Falsifying Reports and Conducting Illegitimate Arrests - 6 January 2002