Press Releases

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State admits plan to cut electricity in Gaza is based on erroneous data Gisha and Adalah: The military is recklessly endangering Gaza residents

2007-12-20

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel * Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement * HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual * Physicians for Human...

Supreme Court Approves Israeli Government's Decision to Cut Fuel Supplies to Gaza and Temporarily Freezes Cuts in Electricity Supplies

2007-12-04

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel * Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement * HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual * Physicians for Human...

Supreme Court's Decision to Cut Fuel Supplies to Gaza Violates International Humanitarian Law

2007-11-30

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel * Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement * HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual * Physicians for Human...

Supreme Court Due to Deliver its Decision on Petition against State's Decision to Cut Supplies of Fuel and Electricity to the Gaza Strip

2007-11-29

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel * Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement * HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual * Physicians for Human...

Adalah briefs representatives of consulates and embassies on legal developments regarding the Palestinian minority in Israel and the Palestinians in the OPT

2007-11-29

Adalah met with 18 representatives from Consular Offices, Representative Offices to the Palestinian Authority (PA), and international development and human rights organizations on 21 November 2007...

Ten Human Rights Organizations File Urgent Motion to Supreme Court Seeking Injunction to Prevent Israeli Government from Blacking Out Gaza

2007-11-15

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel * Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement * HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual * Physicians for Human...

At Hearing on Petition Filed by Adalah and Gisha on behalf of 10 Human Rights Organizations, Supreme Court Orders State to Present Data to Substantiate Claim that Cutting Electricity and Fuel Supplies to Gaza will not Harm Civilians

2007-11-08

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel * Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement * HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual * Physicians for Human...

The United Against Torture Coalition (UAT) and its Palestinian, Israeli and International Members Strongly Protest the Killing of a Palestinian Prisoner and the Excessive Use of Force Used Against Palestinian Prisoners at Ketziot Prison

2007-11-01

The UAT Coalition, comprised of Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights NGOs who cooperate in the struggle to combat torture and abuse in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory...

Human Rights Organizations Petition Supreme Court Demanding an Injunction against Israeli Government to Prevent Disruption to Supply of Electricity and Fuel to Gaza

2007-10-30

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel * Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement * HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual * Physicians for Human...

Human Rights Organizations Petition Supreme Court Demanding an Injunction against Israeli Government to Prevent Disruption to Supply of Electricity and Fuel to Gaza

2007-10-28

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel * Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement * HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual * Physicians for Human...

Adalah to Prime Minister and Defense Minister: Cutting off Electricity Supply to Palestinians in Gaza Strip is a War Crime

2007-09-25

On 20 September 2007, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Head of the Supreme Court Petitions Department in the Attorney General's Office, Attorney Osnat Mandel, stating that unless it received the...

EMHRN and its Member Organizations in Israel, the OPT and Europe Protest Israel's Denial of Freedom of Movement to Human Rights Defenders from the Gaza Strip

2007-09-03

On 5 August 2007, B'Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories on behalf of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) applied to the...

United Against Torture Coalition Condemns Israel's Administrative Detention of Human Rights Defender

2007-09-03

On 2 August 2007, late at night, the Israeli army arrested Mohammad Bsharat, Executive Director of Nafha Society for Defense of Prisoners and Human Rights, which is headquartered in Nablus. He was...

Adalah: Forcing Palestinian Detainees to Strip Naked is a Method of Torture Prohibited under International Law

2007-08-20

On 16 August 2007, Adalah sent a letter to the Israeli Prime Minister, the Minister of Public Security, the Head of the General Security Services (GSS) and the Attorney General, following an...

Adalah to Supreme Court: State Must Open Karni Crossing to Gaza Immediately to Avert a Humanitarian Crisis

2007-07-19

On 9 July 2007, Adalah filed a second petition to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding that the Karni Crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip � which has essentially been closed for five...

Following Adalah's Petition, Supreme Court Orders State to Provide Updated Information regarding Discriminatory Law which Excludes Arab Bedouin Towns in the Naqab from Income Tax Benefits

2007-07-12

On 7 July 2007, the Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing on two petitions, one filed by Attorney Hassan Jabareen, the General Director of Adalah, and the other filed by Attorney Awnie Bana from...

Supreme Court Grants the State an Additional Year to Implement its Decision Concerning "National Priority Areas" in the Field of Education

2007-06-26

On 17 June 2007, the Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing on a motion filed by the state to extend the deadline for its implementation of the court's landmark ruling that the division of the...

Adalah Demands that Supreme Court Order Immediate Opening of Karni Crossing: Closure of the Crossing Breaches International and Israeli Law

2007-06-25

On 24 June 2007 Adalah filed a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding that it issue an order for the immediate reopening of Karni Crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip in order to...

Attorney General's Office Attacks Adalah and ACRI for Seeking to Overturn Interior Ministry's Decision to Revoke East Jerusalem Residency Status of Palestinian Parliament Members

2007-06-08

Adalah: The Attorney General Office's response is unprofessional and indicative not only of a lack of understanding of the essence of human rights, but it also exploits human rights within the...

Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel Submit an Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court: Cancellation of Residency Status of Palestinian Parliament Members from East Jerusalem Violates Constitutional Rights and International Law

2007-05-09

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Adalah � The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel submitted their legal opinion today, 9 May 2007, to the Supreme Court of Israel...