Press Releases

On 25 August 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak and Commander of the Israeli Army Southern Command, Yoav Galant, demanding that Palestinian Arab citizens...

This week, seven human rights organizations based in Israel presented a report to the UN Fact-Finding team investigating allegations of war crimes during “Operation Cast Lead” in Gaza,...

Numerous Israeli media outlets have recently published news stories on a report prepared by expert lawyers from the Israeli Bar Association that contains a chilling description of the inhuman...

In recent months, the Israeli army has continued to deny charges that its soldiers and officers allegedly committed war crimes during Operation “Cast Lead” on the Gaza Strip (27...

UN Committee Against Torture finds 'numerous, ongoing and consistent allegations' of torture and ill-treatment by Israel against Palestinians and calls for independent investigation into operation...

On 21 May 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, and the Commander of the Southern Division of the Israeli army, Yoav Galant, demanding that they...

In recent months, the Israeli navy has escalated its harassment of and assaults on the fishermen in the Gaza Strip. Following Israel's unilateral disengagement in 2005, Israel restricted the...

During Supreme Court Hearing on Adalah Petition Seeking Criminal Investigations into Killings and Home Demolitions, Justices Make Political Comments Unrelated to the Merits of the Petition On...

On Wednesday, 6 May 2009, at 9 am, the Supreme Court of Israel will hear a petition filed by Adalah together with the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (Gaza) and Al-Haq (West Bank) in April...

Since January 2009, the National Insurance Institute (NII) in Israel has discontinued the transfer of disability payments to more than 5,000 eligible Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip....

On 8 April 2009, Adalah in cooperation with Al-Mezan in Gaza, sent a letter to the Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak and the Attorney General, Menachem Mazuz, demanding that the AG immediately...

Since January 2009, the National Insurance Institute (NII) in Israel has discontinued the transfer of disability payments to more than 5,000 eligible Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip....

In April 2009 Adalah challenged two new Israel Prison Service (IPS) policies that created worsened conditions of confinement for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons: a total ban on bringing...

UN Human Rights Council HR Situation in Palestine - Gaza, March 2009: Combined Reports of UN Special Rapporteurs

On 29 March 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to Israeli Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann following recommendations made by the minister and the Israel Prison Service (IPS) to impose additional...

On 19 March 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Israeli Attorney General demanding that he take immediate action to avert any attempt to impose further restriction on the rights of...

On Sunday, 15 March 2009, the Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing on petitions filed by human rights organizations demanding that the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law – 2003 and its...

Adalah Submits Expert Opinions by Specialists in International and Constitutional Law from the Open Society Justice Initiative, the UK and South Africa The Legal Experts: The Citizenship Law, which...

On 24 February 2009, Adalah sent a pre-petition to the Attorney General’s Office on behalf of the owners of a Lebanese ship that has been held by Israel since 5 February 2009 demanding that...

On 11 February 2009, the National Labor Court rejected a motion to submit an appeal filed by Adalah against a decision to suspend Ms. Juheina Hussein, an employee of the Israeli Ministry of Health...