Press Releases

Today, the Knesset’s House Committee voted to expel Hadash MK Ofer Cassif, based on his public support for South Africa's application to the ICJ accusing Israel of genocide. Adalah: The motion is...

Today, 26 January 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) released its first order and provisional measures in the case of South Africa v. Israel finding South Africa’s contention that...

The students were suspended until the conclusion of proceedings following alleged "support of terrorism" on social media.

The petition seeks to prevent the police from imposing conditions on protests that do not require a permit and challenges the ongoing de facto ban imposed on protest vigils organized by the High...

Read Since Hamas’s attacks on October 7 and the ensuing outbreak of the war, the undersigned organizations, four prominent human rights groups based in Israel that regularly monitor detention...

For several weeks now, the Nazareth police have been preventing protests organized by the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens in Israel, even though these protests do not require permits...

Ruling deems sweeping ban on Palestinian protests during war Illegal, but rejects petition. Adalah: Lack of police manpower would have been an unacceptable justification to prevent Jewish protests....

The petitioners argued that the police are seeking to pre-emptively censor legitimate political expression, solely because they disapprove of the protesters’ cause. Such censorship is evidently...

Adalah’s letter to the Attorney General, the State Attorney, and the Police Commissioner presents evidence indicating that the assault by Jewish-Israeli extremists was premeditated.

A 68-year-old activist was arrested and later hospitalized during his detention, after police seized Palestinian flags and posters calling for release of Palestinian prisoners, which they presented...

The new emergency regulations apply to a wide range of offenses and permit the denial of access to legal counsel for an extended period of up to 90 days.

Adalah: This move exploits the national emergency to signal to Palestinian citizens that their status and rights are conditioned on rejecting their own national identity

The proposed amendment to the 2016 Counter-Terrorism Law is currently in the final stages of the legislative process. Adalah: this bill represents one of the most egregious attempts by the Israeli...

Six human rights organizations have filed a petition with the Supreme Court, demanding that the Israeli authorities be ordered to disclose the names and locations of all detainees and release those...

Adalah is following hundreds of cases of persecution by law enforcement authorities and other Israeli institutions and is providing direct legal counsel in dozens of cases.

Adalah is representing 74 Palestinian students, citizens of Israel, from 25 institutions facing disciplinary actions and punitive measures for alleged "support of terrorism." Adalah: Palestinian...

Following Hamas’s attacks in Israel on October 7, including atrocities against civilians, the Minister of National Security declared that a State of Emergency applied in Israeli prisons, and...

Police carried out illegal arrests following protests against Israel’s war crimes against civilians in Gaza. Adalah: Directive by Israeli Police Commissioner to prohibit protests is illegal and...

In a video distributed by the Israeli Police on social media, the commissioner stated that he would personally take part in the transfer of Palestinians who "identify with Gaza" to the Gaza Strip....

New regulations drastically expand the number of Jewish Israelis who are eligible to bear arms passed by Knesset committee amid state emergency. National Security Minister Ben-Gvir to heavily arm...