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On 26 January 2006, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel on behalf of renowned literary critic, translator and journalist Antwan Shalhat, asking the court to instruct the...

On 7 February 2006, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding that the Court compel the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Municipality of Akka (Akko) to remedy all of...

In its response, Adalah stated that there is no legal basis for requesting a second hearing as the Court's original ruling is in accordance with domestic and international legal principles and...

On 25 January 2006, Adalah submitted a petition and motion for an urgent hearing to the Tel Aviv District Court against the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Municipality of Ness Ziona, following...

In a letter dated 18 January 2006, Boaz Okun, the Director of Courts Administration, informed Adalah that, beginning from 15 February 2006, court hearings will no longer be held in Shata Prison but...

On 17 January 2006, Adalah sent a letter to the head of the Israel Prison Service (IPS), Yaakov Ganot, demanding that he uphold and guarantee the rights of prisoners during their transportation in...

On 12 January 2006, the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) informed Adalah that it does not intend to renew its contract with the “Milgam” company, and that the IBA will undertake the...

On 9 December 2005 – over four years after the Supreme Court of Israel issued an order in this regard – the planning authorities submitted a master plan for the village of Kammaneh,...

On 10 January 2006, Adalah sent a letter to the Deputy State Attorney demanding the opening of a criminal investigation against Israeli army commanders and soldiers responsible for the extensive...

Antwan Shalhat is a prominent literary critic, journalist, and translator in the Palestinian Arab community in Israel as well as in the Arab world. He has translated from Hebrew to Arabic the work...

On 4 January 2006, the Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing on a petition filed by Adalah in July 2005 demanding: the cancellation of a discriminatory amendment to the Income Tax Ordinance...

On 22 December 2005, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel submitted joint concluding arguments to the Supreme...

After four years of proceedings, on 22 December 2005, the Nazareth Magistrate decided not to convict Mr. Mousa Diab and Mr. Ashraf Qurtam, former parliamentary aides of MK Azmi Bishara, the leader...

On 29 December 2005, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel against the Ministry of Construction and Housing. The petition challenges the governmental policy of providing...

On 14 December 2005, Adalah filed six complaints to the Director of the Ministry of Justice's Police Investigation Unit (Mahash), Herzel Shbiro, demanding that police officers involved in an...

On 10 October 2005, the Israel Lands Administration (ILA) decided to include all Arab villages in the Galilee and the North of Israel in its Decision No. 897, which awards discounts of up to 50% on...

On 28 November 2005, the Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing on a petition submitted by Adalah in March 2004 challenging the state's operations of spraying crops belonging to Arab Bedouin living...

On 29 November 2005, the Beer el-Sabe' (Beer Sheva) Magistrate Court issued a order to place six Arab Bedouin citizens of Israel under house arrest for a period of three months. On 17 November...

The Attorney General (AG) argued that the Supreme Court's recent decision created a new legal precedent, which will have a negative and harmful effect on the military's operations in the 1967...

In a decision issued on 6 November 2005, in response to a petition filed by Adalah, the Haifa District Court ordered the Misgav Regional Council and the Ministry of Education (MOE) to allow...