Press Releases

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Supreme Court Due to Deliver its Decision on Petition against State's Decision to Cut Supplies of Fuel and Electricity to the Gaza Strip

2007-11-29

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel * Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement * HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual * Physicians for Human...

Adalah and PCATI demand a criminal investigation into the extremely violent actions of prison guards that resulted in the death and injuries of Palestinian political prisoners

2007-11-29

Following events that occurred at the Ketziot prison, including acts of extreme violence against Palestinian political prisoners, on 21 November 2007 Adalah and the Public Committee Against Torture...

Adalah briefs representatives of consulates and embassies on legal developments regarding the Palestinian minority in Israel and the Palestinians in the OPT

2007-11-29

Adalah met with 18 representatives from Consular Offices, Representative Offices to the Palestinian Authority (PA), and international development and human rights organizations on 21 November 2007...

Adalah Submits Objection against Master Plan for Metropolitan Beer el-Sabe as it Violates the Rights of Arab Residents of the Naqab to Dignity, Equality and Suitable Housing

2007-11-27

The regional master plan for metropolitan Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) (Plan 14/4, revision 23) ignores the existence of half of the Arab Bedouin population in the south and fails to resolve the...

Adalah and Bimkom Demand Recognition and a Master Plan for the Unrecognized Village of Atir-Umm al-Hieran in the Naqab

2007-11-26

On 31 October 2007, Adalah and Bimkom – Planners for Planning Rights submitted an objection to the National Council for Planning and Building (NCPB) against the master plan for metropolitan...

Ten Human Rights Organizations File Urgent Motion to Supreme Court Seeking Injunction to Prevent Israeli Government from Blacking Out Gaza

2007-11-15

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel * Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement * HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual * Physicians for Human...

Education Ministry Orders the Led Municipality to Register Three Children at Preschools Located Close to their Homes

2007-11-13

On 13 November 2007, in its response to a letter sent by Adalah, the Ministry of Education?s (MOE) ordered the Preschool Division in the Municipality of Led (Lod) to allow three Arab families to...

Following Request by Al-Tufula Center, Adalah Demands that Education Ministry to Resume Transport to School for Arab Bedouin Children in the North

2007-11-13

On 1 November 2007, Adalah sent a letter to the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northern Division, and the head of the Regional Council of Misgav, demanding that they resume transportation by bus for...

Adalah Demands Education Ministry and Matte Asher Regional Council Reinstate the Personal Care-Giver to Disabled Arab Child

2007-11-11

On 1 November 2007, Adalah sent a letter to the Matte Asher Regional Council and the Director of the Ministry of Education (MOE) in the North, demanding that the personal care-giver who accompanies...

At Hearing on Petition Filed by Adalah and Gisha on behalf of 10 Human Rights Organizations, Supreme Court Orders State to Present Data to Substantiate Claim that Cutting Electricity and Fuel Supplies to Gaza will not Harm Civilians

2007-11-08

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel * Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement * HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual * Physicians for Human...

The United Against Torture Coalition (UAT) and its Palestinian, Israeli and International Members Strongly Protest the Killing of a Palestinian Prisoner and the Excessive Use of Force Used Against Palestinian Prisoners at Ketziot Prison

2007-11-01

The UAT Coalition, comprised of Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights NGOs who cooperate in the struggle to combat torture and abuse in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory...

Supreme Court Issues Injunction on Petition Filed by Adalah and Broad Coalition of NGOs Ordering Rakefet Community Town to Set Aside Plot of Land for Zubeidat Family Pending a Final Decision on the Petition

2007-11-01

On 31 October 2007, the Supreme Court of Israel issued a temporary injunction obliging the community town of Rakefet to set aside a plot of land for Ms. Fatina Ebriq Zubeidat and Mr. Ahmed...

Human Rights Organizations Petition Supreme Court Demanding an Injunction against Israeli Government to Prevent Disruption to Supply of Electricity and Fuel to Gaza

2007-10-30

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel * Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement * HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual * Physicians for Human...

JNF commits to removing private land from Kiryat Ata Forest plan

2007-10-30

On 15 October 2007, the Northern District Planning and Building Committee issued its decision regarding objections filed by Adalah in August 2006 on behalf of 16 Arab farmers from around the...

Human Rights Organizations Petition Supreme Court Demanding an Injunction against Israeli Government to Prevent Disruption to Supply of Electricity and Fuel to Gaza

2007-10-28

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel * Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement * HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual * Physicians for Human...

24 Arab Residents of Daliyat al-Carmel ask to cancel plan to turn their private land into a national forest

2007-10-28

On 21 October 2007, Adalah filed a petition to the Haifa District Court on behalf of 24 people from Daliyat al-Carmel demanding the cancellation of the master plan for a “National Park and Har...

Adalah Demands Military Advocate General Publish Clear Directives on Supreme Court's Ruling Banning Army's Use of Palestinians as Human Shields

2007-10-28

On 25 October 2007, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Deputy State Attorney, Shai Nitzan and the Military Advocate General Avihai Mandelblit demanding that they make public the measures and...

Supreme Court Rejects Adalah's Request for a Second Hearing on Decision Finding that the Granting of Enormous State Loans for Home Mortgages to Former Soldiers Does not Discriminate against Arab Citizens

2007-10-27

Adalah: “With this ruling, the Supreme Court has authorized the use of the most flagrant criterion for discriminating against Arab citizens. The authorities are liable to use this ruling as a...

The Ataa Center in Cooperation with the Galilee Society and Adalah: Conference on “Security – A Collective Right for a National Minority”

2007-10-26

On 19 October 2007, the Ataa Center, in cooperation with the Galilee Society: The Arab National Society for Health Research and Services and Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in...

NOTE ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN ISRAEL AND THE OPT In view of the Sub-committee on political dialogue and cooperation between the EU and Israel

2007-10-22

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) and its members in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories are deeply concerned about the state of human rights in Israel and the...