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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...

On Saturday, 7 October 2023, Israel launched a full-scale, ruthless retaliatory attack against the Palestinian people in Gaza, after an unprecedented, brutal, and illegal attack by Hamas militants...

NGOs demand Israeli authorities to cancel the evacuation order for residents of the northern Gaza Strip; Israel’s actions are a blatant violation of international law, and display clear intention...

Following Adalah's intervention: Haifa University reverses decision to evict Palestinian student from the dorms

Al Mezan and Adalah mourn the unlawful killing of 24-year-old Attiya Fathi Al-Nabaheen, along with members of his family, in a targeted Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Sunday, 8 October 2023. The...

Adalah calls on the international community to intervene immediately to protect the lives of civilians in Gaza, most of whom are Palestinian refugees, who are now subject to Israel’s ruthless...

23 years have passed since the October 2000 Israeli police killings of 13 unarmed Palestinian protesters (12 citizens of Israel and one Gaza resident) - and the wounding of hundreds of others...

In its first review of Israel’s implementation of the convention, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities expressed concerns regarding issues raised by NGOs, including...

Palestinian human rights groups: Israel maintains a systematic policy of intentionally maiming protestors and blocking them from receiving medical treatment and civil remedies

Gisha and Adalah to Israel's Maritime Court: Israeli restrictions in Gaza’s sea space are illegal. Israel has no legal authority to seize boats in Gaza, let alone to permanently confiscate them.

Three children were killed and two were injured during an Israeli airstrike on the Shuheibar family home. Nine years later, and despite repeated demands by Adalah and Al Mezan, no investigation has...