Press Releases

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...

The investigation was opened following Adalah's complaints against the illegal use of force, including torture, by the station's police officers against Palestinian detainees, citizens of Israel,...

In a split decision of 2-to-1, the Court determined that the Israeli military has the authority to hold Palestinian bodies as bargaining chips, even without relying on a Cabinet Decision; Justice...

Adalah takes urgent legal action in response to new measures enforced in three cities, and as new checkpoints and barriers are erected; Mayors and city councils explicitly proclaim that they aim to...

Adalah sent a letter to the Israeli Military Advocate General (MAG) and to the Israeli Attorney General (AG) on 2 August 2021 on behalf of the Palestinian Health Work Committees (HWC) in the...

Despite the extremely high unemployment and poverty rates, job seekers from Bedouin towns in the Naqab are directed to cities that are far from their homes; Official government data indicates a...

Today, the Supreme Court heard arguments challenging the Sde Barir phosphate mine plan. The mine would pose serious health risk to residents in the area, including Palestinian Bedouin communities...

Haifa District Court rejects Adalah’s lawsuit against Karmiel Municipality and Education Ministry demanding state-funded transport for 500 Arab students to schools in neighboring towns

The Jerusalem Magistrates Court rejected the prosecution’s request to further extend the detention of Mohammad Kana’neh, one of the leaders of the Abnaa el-Balad movement, until the end of trial.

Adalah: The law is a discriminatory, vengeful tool that violates the basic principles of criminal law and the right to equality

Adalah: The Law is illegitimate and violates the absolute prohibitions of international law

Adalah challenges Nazareth District Court’s approval of detention order signed by Minister of Defense; detainee has been in custody for over 7 weeks.

Adalah: The Citizenship Law is one of the most racist and discriminatory laws in the world

Adalah rejects any agreement or arrangement that does not nullify and revoke the unjust Citizenship Law.

Adalah calls for indictments of all involved Palestinian security personnel; demands establishment of neutral, independent investigation into PA policy of torture and killing.

Court rejects petition filed by former MK Yousef Jabareen and Adalah against Knesset ethics code that blocked Jabareen from U.S. trip funded by group endorsing call from Palestinian civil society...