Adalah :: Newsletter

Volume 72, May/June 2010

Economic and Social Rights

After four years of non-compliance, Adalah submits contempt motion to Supreme Court against state for failing to implement changes to major discriminatory socio-economic plan

After legal action and public protest: National Insurance Institute announces plan to open new branch office in Shafa'amr which is accessible to persons with disabilities

Following Adalah's letter, Clalit Health Fund agrees to open clinic in Tel Arad, an unrecognized Arab Bedouin village in the Naqab (Negev)

Land and Planning Rights

Supreme Court upholds decision to establish individual settlements in the Naqab, despite discrimination against Arab Bedouin unrecognized villages

Adalah submits final arguments in case to cancel master plan that transforms over 4,100 dunams of land in Arab town Daliyat al-Carmel into national park and forest

Gaza Siege and Accountability

Credit: CJPP Australia

Article: A Survey on the Follow-up to the Goldstone Report
By Sharon Weill

Joint Position Paper: Who Gets to Go? In Violation of Medical Ethics and the Law: Israel’s Distinction between Gaza Patients in Need of Medical Care

Letter: Adalah and Al Mezan demand a criminal investigation into the killing of Palestinian youth Ahmad Deeb by the Israeli military during a peaceful demonstration near Gaza border

Special Report: The Freedom Flotilla

Jerusalem

Supreme Court refuses to stop imminent deportation of Palestinian Legislative Council members from Jerusalem

Shabak must cease forcing Palestinian medical students to collaborate as a condition for granting entry permits to practice in East Jerusalem hospitals

New Adalah Report on Land and Planning Laws in Jerusalem
Introduction (English) | Full report (Arabic)

Language Rights

Legal letters challenging limited use of the Arabic language in the courts and by state authorities, despite its official status

The Cases of Ameer Makhoul and Dr Omar Saeed
(Omar Saeed and Ameer Makhoul)
UN Advocacy
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, lack of investigations into Cast Lead and the siege on Gaza, including denial of health rights Adalah's report on deteriorating status of civil and political rights of the Arab minority in Israel
EU Advocacy
Briefing Paper to European Parliament: Restrictions on human rights organizations and legitimate activities of Arab political leaders in Israel
Adalah briefs 15 European Parliament Members on mission to Israel and OPT
Upcoming Event: International Day Against Torture

Seminar: “Gaza Here and Now” Launch of new report by PCATI and Adalah: “Exposed: The Treatment of Palestinian Detainees During Operation Cast Lead” Screening of Film “Fatenah” Tel Aviv, 4 July 2010

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