Press Releases

(Jerusalem) Today, 28 March 2011, the Supreme Court of Israel held a first hearing on a petition filed by Arab Member of Knesset (MK) Haneen Zoabi (National Democratic Assembly-Balad), Adalah and...

The Knesset enacted the Nakba Law on 22 March 2011. The law authorizes the Minister of Finance to reduce funding or support provided by the state to an institution if it holds an activity that...

(Beer el-Sabe, Israel) On 21 March 2011, the Magistrates' Court in Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) accepted a motion filed by Adalah Attorney Arwa Hleihel and allowed Mr. Hamza Abu-Medeghem to go out to...

On 2 February 2011, the Supreme Court of Israel dismissed a petition submitted by Adalah on 20 June 2010 that sought to prevent the Israeli government from continuing to use a prior governmental...

(Haifa, Israel) On 11 February 2011, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR), Navi Pillay, concluded her first official visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). In a...

(Nazareth, Israel) The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) issued its Concluding Observations on Israel in February 2011, in which it called on Israel to ensure...

(Beer el-Sabe, Israel) On 14 February 2011, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected a petition submitted by Adalah on behalf of residents of the unrecognized Arab Bedouin village of Sawaween in the...

(Haifa, Israel) For the first time, the European Union (EU) has called upon Israel to protect the rights of Arab citizens of Israel. Specifically, the EU urged Israel “to increase efforts to...

(Beer el-Sabe, Israel) On 18 February 2011, the Magistrate Court in Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) granted the immediate and unconditional release of Dr. Awad Abu Freih, the spokesperson of Al-Araqib...

(Haifa, Israel) Following a petition filed by Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), on 9 February 2011 the Supreme Court of Israel ruled that the first local elections must...

Erez is the only crossing between Gaza and Israel through which Israel allows Palestinians whom it has granted special permits to cross. This case represents a continuation of the Israel security...

Following Adalah's Petition: Court Allows Dr. Yakoub Halabi to Change his Nationality from “Druze” to “Arab” in the Population Registry for Citizens of Israel

On 1 February 2011, the Supreme Court of Israel heard two separate petitions - one submitted by Adalah (HCJ 8306/07) and the other filed by the Tel Aviv University Human Rights Clinic (HCJ 3552/08)...

Following Adalah's intervention, the Attorney General (AG) of Israel, in an exceptional move, cancelled an indictment on 13 January 2011 filed against Dr. Huneida Ghanem. The indictment charged Dr....

On 19 January 2011, Adalah and the Arab Center for Alternative Planning (ACAP) submitted an appeal to the National Council of Planning and Building (NCPB), the highest planning authority in Israel,...

On 2 January 2011, Adalah, in cooperation with Yasmin al-Naqab Health Organization, wrote to the Deputy Health Minister and the Director of the Southern District of Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel's...

(Haifa, Israel) Today, 23 January 2011, the Turkel Committee (the Public Commission to Examine the Maritime Incident of 31 May 2010) issued part one of its report. It is Adalah's position that the...

On 12 January 2011, Arab Bedouin citizens of Israel who are residents of Umm al-Hieran, the southern area of the unrecognized village of Atir-Umm al-Hieran, in cooperation with Bimkom – Planners...

In response to the ongoing campaign against human rights organizations led by Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, the head of Yisrael Beiteinu, and other right-wing political parties,...

Brussels, Copenhagen, Paris, 11 January 2011: ACAT-France, APRODEV, Broederlijk Delen, CCFD-Terre solidaire, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network and Front Line are deeply concerned about...