Press Releases

Adalah: The Energy Ministry effectively uses Israel’s ongoing illegal occupation to justify denying the sovereign rights of the Palestinian people. The ICJ’s advisory opinion, which found that...

Monday night, the Maki Haifa Branch was shut down by the police for an event that included a screening of Mohammed Bakri’s new film. Bakri’s earlier film, Jenin, Jenin, was banned by an Israeli...

On 19 July 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its advisory opinion on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian...

Gaza, Haifa, 16 July 2024 — Today marks exactly 10 years since the killing of four Palestinian children from the Bakr family – Ahed (9 years), Zakaria (10 years), Mohammed (11 years),...

Since the end of May alone, at least 34 protesters have been arrested for taking part in peaceful Palestinian protests against Israel's brutal assault on Gaza.

Following a hearing held yesterday (Monday, 8 July 2024), the Supreme Court issued an order nisi, today (9 July 2024), in relation to nine petitions filed to it against the Citizenship and Entry...

Adalah: Muhammad Jabareen's case demonstrates the state’s a broader, discriminatory and severe policy of prolonged detention for Palestinian citizens’ and residents’ alleged speech-related...

The State submitted an update to the court ahead of tomorrow's Supreme Court hearing (13 June) on the petition of Walid Daqqa's family, whose body has been held without authority for over two months.

Adalah: “Since 7 October, the police have been unlawfully arresting Palestinian citizens of Israel on the pretext of allegations of conduct ‘liable to breach the public peace’. This...

Adalah is horrified by the latest video footage from Rafah, which shows yet another systematic attack by the Israeli military against the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza, a further tragic...

The police have summoned Prof. Shalhoub-Kevorkian for a third interrogation on 2 May. The police are questioning her about her description of East Jerusalem as occupied, her interpretation of...

Adalah: The police’s arguments clearly show that the arrest of Professor Shalhoub-Kevorkian is unlawful, targeting her research, academic work, and opinions critical of Israel in international...

Adalah: The decision of the State Attorney's Office to pursue an investigation against Professor Shalhoub-Kevorkian flagrantly violates her right to freedom of expression, contradicts the rule of...

Adalah: Genocidal statements made by members of the cabinet reflect the state policy of intentionally targeting Palestinian civilians. The legal authorities' consistent failure to hold officials...

Adalah: The suspension was motivated by ideological positions that seek to align with the Jewish-Zionist consensus and the decision places this institution among the ranks of the darkest regimes in...

On Monday, March 18th, five human rights organizations in Israel filed a petition (Hebrew) calling on Israel’s High Court to order the Israeli government, Prime Minister, Defense Minister, and...

Today, on 8 March 2024, the world celebrates International Women’s Day. This year, the day comes at a time when Palestinian women in Gaza, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and in...

The Attorney General’s office and the State Attorney’s office since 7 October has consistently failed to intervene in the political misuse of the police force and of the criminal procedure...

Human rights defenders Ahmad Khalifa and Mohammad Abu El Taher Jabareen are facing severe charges for chanting commonly used slogans during a Palestinian anti-war protest.

Palestinian human rights groups challenge illegal Israeli gas exploration licenses off Gaza’s coast: Adalah demands that Israel revoke the tenders which violate international law; Al Mezan,...