2010 Press Releases

21 December 2010
Adalah petitions Supreme Court to compel police and GSS to make audio and video recordings of interrogations with security suspects

21 December 2010
Adalah to Housing Minister: Housing associations that acquire public land to build housing projects must abide by principle of equality

19 December 2010
Municipality of Jerusalem orders Palestinian traders in East Jerusalem to add Hebrew text to their shop signs

13 December 2010
Jewish National Fund plants forests illegally in order to "maintain control" of the land

8 December 2010
Adalah petitions Supreme Court to compel Education Ministry to open elementary school in unrecognized Arab Bedouin village of Sawaween in the Naqab

1 December 2010
The High Follow-up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel demands that Education Ministry not give preference in teaching positions to Arab citizens who perform national service

22 November 2010
As Requested by the Prime Minister's Office: The National Council for Planning and Building, in an Exceptional Move, Cancels its Decision to Recognize Two Arab Bedouin Villages in the Naqab (Negev)

15 November 2010
Sentencing Hearing for Ameer Makhoul on 5 December in Haifa District Court

10 November 2010
In Pre-Petition to Attorney General's Office: Adalah Demands Establishment of School for 350 Arab Bedouin Children in Unrecognized Village of Swawin in the Naqab

8 November 2010
Adalah requests urgent action from UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing to address housing challenges of Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel

7 November 2010
Petition to Israeli Supreme Court: the Knesset's Revocation of MK Haneen Zoabi's Parliamentary Privileges is Illegal and must be Cancelled

4 November 2010
Adalah: New Bill Demanding Loyalty to the Jewish State from Arab NGOs Threatens their Existence

4 November 2010
In the wake of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee's approval of the Admissions Committees Law:
Adalah: There are now 695 communities in Israel where Arab citizens of the state are forbidden to live

28 October 2010
Adalah submits NGO Report to UN on Israel's lack of implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; UN Committee to hold preliminary review of Israel in November 2010

27 October 2010
Adalah and Tour Guide Unions to Israeli Tourism Minister: Reject proposed bill seeking to ban Palestinian residents from working as tour guides in Jerusalem

27 October 2010
Israel Prison Service commits to providing Arabic language education to adult Arab prisoners, following Adalah's Supreme Court petition

24 October 2010
Adalah and Arab Center for Alternative Planning submit objection to new plan that will confiscate land reserves of Arab town of Tarshiha, handing them to Jewish village of K'far Vradim in the north of Israel

21 October 2010
Adalah demands cancellation of new bill that harms rights of detainees suspected of security offenses

14 October 2010
Following Adalah's Supreme Court appeal: State Attorney's Office instructs Israel Prison Service not to block any petition submitted by prisoners and to transfer it to court immediately

14 October 2010
Adalah to Justice Minister: Policy of blocking Gaza residents' access to Israeli courts in lawsuits for damages and compensation filed against Israeli security forces is illegal

13 October 2010
Adalah and the Arab Center for Alternative Planning submit objection and letter to Minister of Construction and Housing against plan and bids for newly proposed ultra-Orthodox Jewish town of Harish in Arab Wadi ‘Ara center area in Israel

7 October 2010
Adalah petitions Supreme Court to void new law conditioning child allowance payments on obtaining health immunization shots as it will harm thousands of Arab Bedouin children living in unrecognized villages in the Naqab

4 October 2010
Justice Denied: Israeli Supreme Court orders deportation of Nobel Peace Prize Winner Mairead Maguire, following Adalah's appeal

3 October 2010
Adalah Appeals to Supreme Court to Cancel Deportation Order Against Nobel Prize Winner Mairead Maguire

30 September 2010
Position paper: The unconstitutionality of the state's policy of demolishing Arab Bedouin unrecognized villages in the Negev (Naqab)

29 September 2010
Adalah Secures Stay of Deportation for Nobel Peace Prize Winner Mairead Maguire following appeal to Israeli Supreme Court

28 September 2010
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Mairead Maguire Detained and Refused Entry to Israel: Adalah to Represent

16 September 2010
Israeli Supreme Court Decides Income Tax Law Discriminates Against Arab Citizens of Israel

7 September 2010
Following Adalah's Petition: Haifa District Court Issues Temporary Injunction against Implementation of Regional Master Plan for Daliyat al-Carmel

5 September 2010
Israeli Supreme Court to Hold Hearing Tomorrow 6 September on Deportation of Palestinian Legislative Council Members from Jerusalem, 5.9.2010

5 September 2010
Adalah Uncovers: Former Police Officer Shahar Mizrahi Convicted of Manslaughter for Killing Arab Citizen of Israel Received Extraordinary Expenses for Legal Defense from Israeli Police

1 September 2010
In Response to Adalah's Intervention: Israeli Defense Ministry Denies Responsibility for Personal Belongings Confiscated from Passengers on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla

11 August 2010
Following Adalah's Petition Israeli Health Ministry Reopens Mother and Child Clinics in Unrecognized Arab Bedouin Villages in the Naqab

4 August 2010
UN Human Rights Committee urges Israel to ensure detainees immediate access to counsel, repeal Unlawful Combatants Law, reinstate family visits to Gaza prisoners, lift blockade on Gaza, launch independent investigations into Operation Cast Lead, end assassinations and cease collective home demolitions

4 August 2010
UN Human Rights Committee Urges Israel to Revoke Ban on Family Unification Law; Ensure Access to non-Jewish Holy Sites; Make Public Administration Fully Accessible in Arabic; Guarantee Cultural Contact for the Arab Minority; Respect Bedouin Rights to Ancestral Land and Basic Services in the Unrecognized Villages

28 July 2010
New submission to UN Committee Against Torture by Adalah, PHR-I and Al Mezan

28 July 2010
Ameer Makhoul's defense team requests that the Haifa District Court stop all judicial proceedings against him until they are allowed a private and confidential meeting with him

26 July 2010
Inter-Parliamentary Union emphasizes that revocation of MK Haneen Zoabi's parliamentary privileges amounts to illegal punishment for political expression and urges Knesset to rescind its decision; Adalah to represent MK Haneen Zoabi

26 July 2010
Adalah submits amended Supreme Court petition demanding cancellation of "admission committees" for excluding Arab citizens from state lands

26 July 2010
Obstacles to prisoners' access to Israeli courts: Position paper by Adalah and the Legal Clinic for Prisoners' Rights & Rehabilitation at Haifa University

25 July 2010
Adalah to the Justice Minister and Attorney General:  Pardoning a police officer convicted of killing an Arab citizen of Israel will show the state's unwillingness to change patterns of violent behavior 

25 July 2010
Supreme Court: State must explain why Arab village of Aramshe receives no state subsidies to produce and market eggs and why there are no clear and equal criteria for the allocation of these benefits

22 July 2010
Carter Center Calls for End to East Jerusalem Deportations, Respect for International Law

21 July 2010
Adalah Appeals against Israeli Government Press Agency Refusal to Issue Press Card to Palestinian Journalist for "Security" Reasons

20 July 2010
Adalah to Israeli Government: Lift the Ban on West Bank Palestinian-Manufactured Products from Entering East Jerusalem, 20.7.2010

19 July 2010
Joint Letter of Palestinian Civil Society ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council

18 July 2010
Following Adalah's Intervention, Inter-Parliamentary Union Emphasizes that Deportation of Palestinian Parliamentarians is Illegal and an Inhuman and Cruel Act; Urges Israel to Stop Deportation Proceedings Immediately

15 July 2010
Adalah Petitions District Court to Demand Change from "Druze" to "Arab" Nationality in the Population Registry for Citizen of Israel, 15.7.2010

15 July 2010
Adalah and the Arab Center for Alternative Planning Demand Cancellation of Regional Plan to Establish "Harish", a New Jewish Ultra-Orthodox City in the Arab Wadi Ara Area of Israel

8 July 2010
Launch of new report by PCATI and Adalah: "Exposed: The Treatment of Palestinian Detainees During Operation Cast Lead"

8 July 2010
Dr. Omar Saeed Sentenced to Seven Months in Prison, 8.7.2010

1 July 2010
Illegal Wiretap on Ameer Makhoul's Discussions with his Legal Defense Team; Lawyers Demand Prompt Criminal Investigation

28 June 2010
Adalah Submits Report to UN Human Rights Committee on Arab Citizens of Israel

28 June 2010
UN Human Rights Committee to Review Israel on 13-14 July in Geneva Joint Report by Adalah, Al Mezan and PHR-Israel to UN on Torture, Prisoners, the Lack of Investigations into Cast Lead and the Siege on Gaza including the Denial of Health Rights

28 June 2010
Despite its Official Status, Use of the Arabic Language in the Courts and before State Authorities Remains very Limited

28 June 2010
Adalah and Al Mezan Demand the Opening of a Criminal Investigation into the Killing of Ahmad Deeb by the Israeli Military during a Peaceful Demonstration near the Border in Gaza

28 June 2010
Israeli Supreme Court Upholds Planning Authority Decision to Establish Individual Settlements in the Naqab as part of its "Wine Path Plan" Despite Discrimination against Arab Bedouin Unrecognized Villages

28 June 2010
Following Adalah's letter, the Kupat Holim Clalit Health Fund Agrees to Open a Health Clinic in Tel Arad, an Unrecognized Arab Bedouin Village in the Naqab (Negev)

28 June 2010
After Legal Letters and Public Protest: National Insurance Institute Announces Plan to Open New Branch Office in Shafa'amr which is Accessible and Suitable for Persons with Disabilities

27 June 2010
Adalah Submits Final Arguments to Haifa District Court to Cancel Master Plan that Transforms Over 4,100 Dunams of Daliyat al-Carmel's Agricultural Land into the "National Park and Har Shukiv Forest"

21 June 2010
After Four Years of Non-Compliance, Adalah Submits Motion for Contempt to Israeli Supreme Court against the Prime Minister for Failure to Implement "National Priority Areas" Decision

21 June 2010
Israeli Supreme Court Rejects Motion for Injunction to Stop Imminent Deportation Process of Palestinian Legislative Council Members from Jerusalem

17 June 2010
The GSS Must Cease Coercion of Palestinians Medical Students to Provide Information as a Condition for Granting them Permits to Practice in East Jerusalem Hospitals

14 June 2010
District Court Sets Next Hearing in Ameer Makhoul's Case on 27 June 2010; State Prosecutor Announces 'Secret Evidence' that will not be Disclosed to Legal Defense Team

3 June 2010
Magistrates' Court Orders Release of Detained Delegation of Arab Leaders from the Gaza Freedom Flotilla with Restrictive Conditions

2 June 2010
Magistrates' Court Orders One Week Remand of Arab Political Leaders who Took Part in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla

2 June 2010
New Information from the Attorney General's Office on the Detainees and Wounded from the Gaza Freedom Flotilla but Many Questions Still Unanswered

1 June 2010
State Continues to Withhold Complete Information about Detainees, the Wounded and the Dead from the Gaza Freedom Flotilla; Israeli Supreme Court Hearing Scheduled for Tuesday 2 June at 16:00

31 May 2010
Adalah, PCATI and PHR-I Submit an Extraordinary Petition for Habeas Corpus and Demand for Information on Gaza Freedom Flotilla Passengers to the Israeli Supreme Court

31 May 2010
International Investigation must be Launched into Israeli Navy's Attack on the Civilian Passengers of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Resulting in Killings and Injuries; Adalah: The Israeli military attack violates international law as it targeted civilians and civilian targets, and involved the use of disproportionate force

27 May 2010
Ameer Makhoul and Omar Saeed Vehemently Deny Charges against Them; Adalah: "Trumped-up accusations made in indictments have become alarmingly common practice in security cases in Israel. They aim to justify the complete isolation and use of illegal methods of interrogation against detainees, and the imposition of gag orders on their cases."

26 May 2010
Adalah Briefs 15 European Parliament Members on Mission to Israel and the OPT

24 May 2010
Court to Hear Motion Today by Adalah, the PCATI and PHR-IL Demanding the Lifting of Gag Order on Interrogation Methods Used against Ameer Makhoul and Disclosure about his Detention Conditions

18 May 2010
Serious Suspicion of Shabak (GSS) Use of Illegal Methods of Interrogation Against Human Rights Defender Ameer Makhoul

18 May 2010
Legal Defense Team Meets Ameer Makhoul after Twelve Day Prohibition; Court Extends his Detention until 20 May

16 May 2010
Ameer Makhoul's Legal Defense Team Declares They Would not Participate in Detention Hearing Tomorrow, 17 May, if He is Prohibited from Meeting his Lawyers

16 May 2010
Adalah: "Due to the utter lack of respect for due process, the representation of Ameer Makhoul in the detention hearings has become meaningless."

16 May 2010
Court Extends the Detention Dr. Omar Saeed by 5 Days Tomorrow (17 May 2010) Court to Hear Reqeust for Extending the Detention & Meeting Prohibition of Ammer Makhoul

13 May 2010
Court Rejected Appeal against Prohibition on Meeting with Lawyers for Ameer Makhoul and Extended the Detention of Makhoul and Dr. Omar Saeed

13 May 2010
Palestinian and Israeli Human Rights Groups Call for End to Israeli Military West Bank Deportation Policy

10 May 2010
Adalah: The GSS is Attempting to Criminalize the Public Political and Social Activity of Arab Citizens; Inflating the Charges against Them Aims to Legitimize the Unjust Gag Order and Ban on Meeting Lawyers

26 April 2010
Adalah and ACRI submit Supreme Court petition to cancel law allowing Interior Minister to postpone local elections to Arab Bedouin Abu Basmah Regional Council in the Naqab indefinitely

26 April 2010
Adalah to Interior Minister: Cancel travel ban imposed on Ameer Makhoul, director of Ittijah

26 April 2010
Admissions committee of Moshav Nevatim rejects Arab Bedouin family request to move into house rented from Jewish family

21 April 2010
Tel Aviv Court Rejects Defense Motion concerning Illegality of Joining Four Different Charges in One Indictment against Arab MK Mohammed Barakeh; Adalah will Petition Supreme Court against Decision

19 April 2010
After Six Years of Litigation by Adalah, Supreme Court Rules: Children under Eight may Embrace Parents, defined as ‘Security Prisoners’, during Family Visits

13 April 2010
In Landmark Ruling on Adalah Petition, Israeli Supreme Court Permits Arab Author Alaa Hlehel to Travel to Beirut to Receive Prestigious Literary Prize

8 April 2010
Haifa Municipality's Request to Close Arab-Owned Azad Restaurant for Refusing to Serve Uniformed Soldiers Rejected by Court

24 March 2010
Adalah petitions Israeli Supreme Court to permit Arab author Ala Hlehel to visit Lebanon to receive prestigious literature award “Beirut 39”

23 March 2010
Adalah Petitions Supreme Court to Prevent Water Company from Cutting Off Water to 7500 Arab Residents of Rameh Village in Israel

18 March 2010
Responding to Adalah, Justice Ministry Stresses that Israel is Fully Entitled to Sell Land in East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights to Private Parties

15 March 2010
Eleven Justice Panel of Israeli Supreme Court Holds Hearing on Citizenship Law Case; Court Orders State to Provide New Data on Why the Law is Needed for Security Reasons

11 March 2010
The Political Trial of MK Mohammed Barakeh Opens before Tel Aviv Magistrates' Court

25 February 2010
Israeli Army Closes Military Investigations into Two Human Shields Cases from the War on Gaza without Informing the Victims

25 February 2010
Knesset Enacts New Amendment to the Land Ordinance of 1943 to Block Palestinian Claims for Land Previously Confiscated by the State

23 February 2010
Supreme Court Strikes Down Provision of Harsh Criminal Security Law that Allowed the Holding of Extension of Detention Hearings in the Absence of Detainees, Overwhelmingly Palestinians from Gaza

17 February 2010
Adalah Demands Cancellation of Travel Ban Imposed by Israel on Khalil Tufakji, a Prominent Palestinian Planner and Resident of Jerusalem

28 January 2010
One Year after Israel Illegally Froze Disability Payments to Workers in Gaza, the AG Responds to Adalah's Petition before the Israeli Supreme Court: We will soon reach a solution

28 January 2010
Adalah Submits Tort Lawsuit for Damages on behalf of Dr. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian against the Israel Airports Authority for Humiliating and Degrading Treatment

28 January 2010
Knesset Committee strips Arab MK Sa'id Naffaa of his parliamentary immunity; Attorney General to criminally indict him for political offenses surrounding his visit to Syria; Adalah to represent MK Naffaa

26 January 2010
Adalah to Interior Minister: Immediately cancel new policy of refusing work visas to employees of international NGOs operating in the West Bank and East Jerusalem

12 January 2010
Following Adalah's Petition, Court Orders Planning Authorities to Prepare New Master Plan for Daliyat al-Carmel as Old Plan Threatened Hundreds of Arab Homes with Demolition

12 January 2010
Israeli Supreme Court Rules that Lands Confiscated in Lajoun from 486 Arab Families in 1953 for "Settlement Needs" will not be Returned to Them