Press Releases

On 24 October 2011, Adalah filed a petition to the Jerusalem Administrative Court against Israel's policy of preventing residents of the Gaza Strip who file tort lawsuits against the Israeli...

On 18 October 2011 Adalah, the Yaffa Youth Movement and the Saraya Theatre held a political seminar to mark the 11th anniversary of the October 2000 killings and the release of Adalah's new report...

Adalah, the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Arab Association for Human Rights welcome the prisoners swap agreement recently announced between Israel and the Hamas movement. Although there...

On 2 October 2011, Adalah, in cooperation with Physicians for Human Rights – Israel and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights – Gaza, sent an urgent letter to the Israel Prison Service (IPS) to...

On 27 September 2011, more than 100 Palestinian prisoners began an open-ended hunger strike to protest the intentionally harmful policies of the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) toward them, including...

(Jaffa-Tel Aviv, Israel) Today, 1 September 2011, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-I), together with its partners Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and the Al...

On 1 August 2011, after extensive correspondence, Adalah received a written response from the Israeli military prosecutor for the Israeli navy informing it that dozens of fishermen from Gaza would...

On 26 June 2011, Adalah sent a letter to Member of Knesset (MK) Amnon Cohen, Chairman of the Knesset's Interior Committee, demanding that a bill to amend the Prisons Ordinance that would increase...

Today, 26 June 2011, to mark the International Day Against Torture, Adalah, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel and Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights have released a new position paper calling for an...

On 26 June 2011, Adalah sent a letter to the Israel Prison Service (IPS) demanding that it prepare for the hot, summer weather by immediately improving conditions and installing air cooling devices...

On 13 June 2011, Adalah sent a letter to Mr. Daniel Lavi, Head of the Israeli Water Board to demand that three unrecognized Arab Bedouin villages of Umm el-Hieran, Gatamat and Tel Arad in the Naqab...

(Haifa, Israel) Yesterday, 26 April 2011, the Supreme Court of Israel ordered Israel's parliament, the Knesset, to explain its decision to revoke certain parliamentary privileges of Member of...

Adalah successfully concluded its training course for lawyers on “Representing Detainees in Detention and Investigation Procedures” held on 17-18 March and 7-8 April 2011 at Al-Tantour Center...

On 4 -5 April 2011, Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHR), and the Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza held a two-day...

Israeli Human Rights Organizations: "The recent statements by Richard Goldstone support the consistent position we have been upholding since the operation in Gaza, that when concerns arise...

(Jerusalem) Today, 28 March 2011, the Supreme Court of Israel held a first hearing on a petition filed by Arab Member of Knesset (MK) Haneen Zoabi (National Democratic Assembly-Balad), Adalah and...

(Haifa, Israel) On 11 February 2011, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR), Navi Pillay, concluded her first official visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). In a...

Erez is the only crossing between Gaza and Israel through which Israel allows Palestinians whom it has granted special permits to cross. This case represents a continuation of the Israel security...

(Haifa, Israel) Today, 23 January 2011, the Turkel Committee (the Public Commission to Examine the Maritime Incident of 31 May 2010) issued part one of its report. It is Adalah's position that the...

In response to the ongoing campaign against human rights organizations led by Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, the head of Yisrael Beiteinu, and other right-wing political parties,...