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In an expert opinion, Adalah analyzes Israel’s legal measures to outlaw Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations

PID claimed that the demonstration was illegal and that the police used reasonable force, despite video footage showing officers attacking and wounding dozens of demonstrators, without any...

In view of the acceleration in the implementation of the 2018 Israeli government’s decision, Adalah and The Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem demand the immediate halt of the...

Planning authorities cancelled "temporary housing" scheme designed to displace and concentrate thousands of Bedouin residents from unrecognized villages in the Naqab (Negev), following demands by...

In a letter to the Communications Minister and the AG, Adalah demanded that the decision to prioritize certain localities is discriminatory; it exceeds the Ministry’s authority, as it includes...

This pending bill is one of several measures initiated by the government under the pretext of combatting crime in Arab communities; Adalah: These policies will lead to grave rights’ violations...

Israel’s designation of Palestinian human right defenders and civil society groups as terrorist organizations must be immediately rescinded and condemned.

By expressing their solidarity, the organizations are openly challenging Israeli legislation that prohibits expressing sympathy to organizations Israel deems as terrorist:

Following the declaration of 6 Palestinian human rights groups as ‘terrorist organizations’ by the Israeli government, Adalah issued the following statement: ”The Israeli decision...

The petition, filed by Adalah and PCATI, followed the former State Attorney’s decision to close the probe into the police killing of Ya’akub Abu al-Qi’an, a 50-year-old math teacher, from the...

Israeli Supreme Court ordered the State to pay fees in a petition filed on behalf of parents from Palestinian Arab villages in Misgav Council, after the Ministry of Education announced that it was...

Petitions by residents, human rights and environmental groups, and local councils prevent sweeping approval of a national mining master plan, which includes the Sde Barir mine in the Naqab; the...

Following a petition by Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel to the Israeli Supreme Court, the Ministry of Health agreed to issue the COVID-19 “Green Pass”...

In a letter to the Prime Minister and top security officials, Adalah clarifies that the decision made by the special ministerial committee to combat crime and violence in Arab society drastically...

Following the killing and injury of Palestinians by Israeli forces in the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and in the West Bank, twenty-one years ago on 29 September 2000, Palestinian citizens of Israel...

The AG issued his response following Adalah’s demand to remove a fence that the Municipality of Akka (Acre) erected around the city’s Argaman Beach and after it expelled Palestinians from the...

10,000 residents of the the recognized village of Al Fura’a in the Naqab are facing imminent forced displacement and dispossession.

Police claim the new “Mista'aravim” counter-terror unit is aimed towards fighting organized crime; Adalah to Police Commissioner and AG: Designating a special unit to a specific ethnic group is...

Construction of the planned railway will require the demolition of homes belonging to Bedouin families and will block access to neighboring family homes, hurt residents’ income and will not give...

On 18 August 2021, Adalah published “The Israeli Supreme Court and the COVID-19 Emergency”, a comprehensive report that analyzes Court decisions in 88 cases brought during the first...