Press Releases

Issued by Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel Last week, on 24-25 October 2001, Yehuda Vilk, the former police chief and the highest-ranking official to appear to date...

On Friday, 5 October 2001 at 14:00, Adalah and The Galilee Society will host a memorial followed by two panel discussions to commemorate the martyrs of October 2000. The event is open to the public...

On 23 September 2001, Adalah staff attorney Marwan Dalal filed a petition to the Supreme Court on behalf of forty-nine petitioners including Parents’ Committees, pupils and NGOs against the...

In a precedent-setting decision, delivered on 5 September 2001, the Supreme Court of Israel ordered the District Planning Committee to re-examine and resubmit the plan for Kammaneh, an unrecognized...

Alik Ron, Northern District Police Commander, testified before the Or Commission for two days – Monday and Tuesday 3-4 September 2001. The main points of Ron’s testimony follow: Ron...

On 24 August 2001, the Or Commission, which is “investigating the clashes, which involved police and Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel” in October 2000, delayed hearing the testimony...

Today, Adalah staff attorney Marwan Dalal sent a letter to the Minister of Education, Limor Livnat, regarding her recent announcement that additional funding to Arab public schools would depend on...

Today, Adalah staff attorney Marwan Dalal sent a letter to Attorney General Elyakim Rubenstein, regarding his instruction to open a police investigation against Member of Knesset (MK) Taleb A-Sana....

Today, Adalah filed a petition on behalf of the National Committee of Arab Mayors, the Municipality of Nazareth and in its own name against the Ministry of the Interior (MOI), the Ministry of...

I write in response to the government’s recent stepped-up policy of forceful demolition of Arab citizens’ homes. In recent months, State authorities have demolished the homes of many Arab...

Today, Commander of the Northern District Police, Alik Ron, claimed that Adalah’s representation of the High Follow-up Committee for Arab Citizens in Israel and the family members of 13...

Today, Adalah filed a pre-petition to the Attorney General’s office requesting that it take immediate action to end the strike currently taking place at the Labor Office in Nazareth. Adalah...

Today, Hassan Jabareen, General Director of Adalah, sent a letter to Israeli Attorney General Elyakim Rubenstein regarding the opening of a criminal case against Member of the Knesset (MK) Azmi...

Today, the Supreme Court of Israel dismissed a petition filed by Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and the Committee of the Martyrs’ Families against Uzi Landau, the...

Today, in response to the conclusion of its 25th session, the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (‘UN CESCR’) issued two letters condemning Israel’s violations...

Today, Adalah filed a petition on behalf of the residents of seven Arab unrecognized villages in the Negev, the Regional Council for Unrecognized Villages in the Negev, the Association of 40, the...

Today the Supreme Court rejected Adalah’s petition and ruled that an order calling for the demolition of a mosque in the village of Husseniya is valid and must be implemented. Until 1996,...

Today, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel on behalf of the Committee of the Martyrs’ Families and in its own name, against Uzi Landau, the Minister of Internal...

On 17 April 2001, Adalah wrote a letter to Mr.Yosif Barel, the manager of Channel 33, requesting that the station air live broadcasts of the Or Commission hearings. Adalah maintains that the...

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...