Press Releases

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,...

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.