Press Releases

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,...

Brussels, Copenhagen, Paris, 11 January 2011: ACAT-France, APRODEV, Broederlijk Delen, CCFD-Terre solidaire, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network and Front Line are deeply concerned about...

On 5 January 2011, Adalah in its own name and on behalf of Physicians for Human Rights – Israel and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights (Gaza) submitted a complaint to the Attorney General of...

In a petition submitted today, 21 December 2010, to the Supreme Court of Israel, Adalah demanded the cancellation of a sweeping exemption in law granted to the Israeli police and the General...

In recent weeks the Israeli National Insurance Institute (NII) has begun to transfer disability payments to 500 beneficiaries from Gaza, after their cancellation at the beginning of 2009. The NII...

(Haifa, Israel) Today, 7 November 2010, Member of Knesset (MK) Haneen Zoabi (National Democratic Assembly-Balad), Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) submitted a petition...

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the October 2000 killings, during which 13 unarmed Arab youth were shot dead by Israeli police and security forces during protest demonstrations in Israel,...

(Haifa, Israel) Tonight, 4 October 2010, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected Adalah's appeal on behalf Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire and ordered her deportation. In doing so, the Court, by...

Ms. Maguire Remains in Detention for Six Days and in Failing Health Supreme Court Hearing in Jerusalem Tomorrow Monday 4 October 2010 at 9:00 AM (Haifa, Israel) This morning, Sunday 3 October 2010,...

Central District Court Will Conduct Full Hearing on Friday 1 October 2010, 11:00AM – Maguire Remains in Detention (Haifa, Israel) Just after midnight on Wednesday 29 September 2010, Israeli...

(Haifa, Israel) This morning, Tuesday 28 September 2010, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ms. Mairead Maguire from Ireland was detained at Ben Gurion Airport and refused entry to Israel. Adalah will...