Press Releases

Today, Adalah wrote a letter to the Finance Minister calling upon him to secure tax breaks for the village of Mazra’ah similar to those granted to surrounding Jewish towns. Mazra’ah, an...

On 25 March, Adalah filed a motion for an injunction and a petition to the Supreme Court on behalf of 35 mayors of Arab towns and villages against the Minister Internal Security; The Chief of...

Today, under pressure from the Supreme Court, Adalah withdrew a petition calling for equality in the allocation of the religious buildings budget. The Court cited improvement in achieving equal...

The Israeli Supreme Court, in a decision written by Justice Yakov Tirkel, today dismissed an appeal of the administrative detention order against Ghassan Athamleh, a Central Committee member of the...

Today, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court against Haifa Municipality for refusing to publish its public announcements in the Arabic-language media. The case originally came before the...

The families of four Palestinian citizens of Israel who were killed in October by Israeli security forces have petitioned the Supreme Court to obtain copies of the official autopsy reports. Their...

On 14 February, Adalah representatives Jamil Dakwar and Anne Massagee participated in a meeting with the United Nations Human Rights Inquiry Commission, set up by the UN Commission on Human Rights...

Adalah representatives Hassan Jabareen, Rina Rosenberg and Riad Anis visited N. Ireland and London this past week in order to meet with and learn from leading lawyers who have experience working...

Today, the High Follow-Up Committee for the Arab Citizens in Israel is submitting evidence that it has gathered to the official Commission of Inquiry, headed by Justice Theodore Or. The material...

"Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is known for his racist and hostile positions to democratic values. He continues to spread lies and incite against human rights organizations that operate...

The President of the District Court of Nazareth, Justice Yehuda Abramovich, yesterday approved a six-month administrative detention order against Mr. Ghassan Athamleh. The order, issued on 4...

Today Adalah published Volume II of its Legal Journal, Adalah's Review. Adalah's Review is intended to open a critical stage for discussion of Israeli law, the legal system and legal discourse,...

Adalah Staff Attorney Gadeer Nicola and Development Director Rina Rosenberg assisted in organizing and attended a meeting of Palestinian and Israeli NGOs based in Israel with the UN HCHR, Ms. Mary...

At about 10 o'clock this morning, five General Security Service (GSS) and Galilee police officers arrived at Adalah's office in Shfaram with a handwritten court order, signed by the President of...

Yesterday, Adalah’s General Director, Hassan Jabareen, sent a letter to Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Supreme Court President Aharon Barak raising legal challenges to the mandate of the...

On November 9, 2000, Adalah representatives Rina Rosenberg and Gadeer Nicola attended a meeting for Palestinian and Israeli NGOs to discuss the current crisis with the UN High Commissioner for...

Today, Israel’s Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, announced the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry “to investigate the clashes, which involved security forces and Arab and Jewish...

Yesterday, Adalah’s General Director, Advocate Hassan Jabareen, sent a letter to Attorney General Elyakim Rubenstein challenging the Attorney General’s legal authority to expand the...

Adalah researched and wrote a 30-page report on Israeli rights violations against Palestinian citizens during the Al-Aqsa Intifada including the excessive use of force and the denial of due process...

Today, Adalah, represented by Mr. Muhammed Dahleh, Advocate, will present its report on human rights violations committed by the Israeli government against Palestinian citizens of Israel during the...