Press Releases

On 26 February 2013, the Tel Aviv Magistrates’ Court acquitted three Palestinian citizens of Israel on charges stemming from their participation in a demonstration against the Israeli offensive...

Israeli Supreme Court Rejects Petition against Law Exempting GSS from Recording Interrogations of Security Suspects; Decision Completely Contradicts New Recommendations of Turkel Committee On 7...

15 Israeli and Palestinian human rights organisations today warned of the far-reaching consequences of Israel’s refusal to fully cooperate with the United Nations (UN). On the morning of...

(Jerusalem) Today, 30 December 2012, the Israeli Supreme Court unanimously ruled to cancel the Central Elections Committee’s (CEC) decision to disqualify Knesset Member (MK) Haneen Zoabi...

MK Mohammad Barakeh (Hadash/Jabha) testified on 23 December 2012 before the Magistrates’ Court in Tel Aviv, during the first day of hearings of defense witnesses in the criminal case pending...

(Jerusalem) Tomorrow, Thursday 27 December 2012, at 9 am the Israeli Supreme Court will hold a hearing on whether or not to uphold the Central Election Committee (CEC)'s decision to disqualify...

(Jerusalem) Tonight, 19 December 2012, the Central Elections Committee (CEC) approved motions submitted by the Likud to disqualify MK Haneen Zoabi from the upcoming Knesset elections by a majority...

Israeli state prosecutors have declined to investigate Nazaret Illit Mayor Shimon Gapso for racist remarks that he made against Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel. Mayor Gapso wrote a letter...

(Haifa, Israel) In hearings held today, 22 November 2012, the Magistrates’ Court in Akka (Acre) refused a request by the police to extend the detention of four minors and five adults detained for...

Yesterday, 19 November 2012, human rights organizations based in Israel and Gaza demanded that a criminal investigation be opened into the suspicion of war crimes by the Israeli military following...

Today, 18 November 2012, following complaints received about the intention of the Israeli army to demolish the “Al-Shoroq Tower”, also called the “Journalists’ Tower” in Gaza City, Adalah...

Since Wednesday evening, 14 November 2012, Israeli Occupation Forces have continued their offensive on the Gaza Strip, codenamed "Operation Pillar of Defence" through aerial, marine and ground...

(Haifa, Israel) On 27 September 2012, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court against the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of the Interior and other administrators arguing that Israel’s...

On 31 August 2012, the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) posed a list of 26 questions (“the List of Issues Prior to Reporting,” LOIPR) regarding Israel’s compliance with the International...

The Israeli navy frequently shoots live fire at fishing boats in the permitted fishing area (three nautical miles) on the shores of Gaza and forces fishermen to strip naked at gunpoint, jump into...

A list of Adalah's upcoming court and administrative hearings, scheduled to take place from 3-13 September 2012 follows. Adalah will be representing MK Haneen Zoabi, MK Mohammed Barakeh, the Abu...

Adalah submitted two administrative appeals to the Magistrate Court in Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) on 26 July 2012 seeking permission for an independent doctor to visit two detainees, Wa’il Kamil...

In June 2012, the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) posed 59 questions to Israel regarding its compliance with the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading...

Yesterday, 16 July 2012, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced that family visits for Gaza prisoners incarcerated in Israeli prisons have resumed, and that 40 persons will...

(Haifa, Israel) On 2 July 2012, Adalah sent a letter to members of the Knesset’s Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee demanding that they reject another extension of a sweeping exemption for...