Publications

A new interactive map demonstrating the ongoing forced displacement faced by Bedouin communities in the Naqab.

May 2023 Introduction Since its establishment, Israel has consistently pursued practices of forced displacement, as part of its deliberate and longstanding pattern of seizing Palestinian land for...

April 2023 Adalah and the Public Committee against Torture also issued a Position Paper on the Proposed Bill: Israeli Penal Code (Amendment – Death Penalty for Terrorists) - 2023. CLICK HERE...

CLICK HERE to read the Q&A in a PDF format CLICK HERE to read an unofficial translation of the bill What does the proposed bill entail? The law introduces two similar amendments to the Entry...

The Jewish National Fund (JNF), upon the decision of the Israel Land Authority (ILA), has resumed afforestation work surrounding numerous unrecognized Bedouin villages, primarily along the...

In a position paper, Adalah lays out how the guiding principles and coalition agreements of the new Israeli government intend to deepen Jewish supremacy and racial segregation as the underlying...

On 21 July 2022, an expanded seven-justice panel of the Israeli Supreme Court delivered a ruling upholding the constitutionality of a 2008 amendment to the 1952 Citizenship Law (Article 11(2)(b))....

This paper illustrates the illegality of the East Jerusalem City Center Plan No. 101-0465229 which imposes long-term restrictions on Palestinian development in all areas of life.

This paper discusses the renewal of land rights registration procedures in East Jerusalem which will lead to extensive expropriation of Palestinian land, contrary to international and Israeli law.

Adalah: An unprecedented and baseless attack on human rights defenders who are exposing and resisting the Israeli occupation and its apartheid policies; Israel must reveal all the evidential...

This expert opinion analyzes Israel’s legal measures to outlaw Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations, namely the 2016 Counter-Terrorism (Anti-Terror) Law and the 1945 Emergency...

This position paper details the implications of Article 7 of The Basic Law: Israel –The Nation State of the Jewish People enacted on 19 July 2018, on land and housing policy in two areas: inside...

In the continually developing situation in Gaza, Jerusalem, and around the country, Adalah is operating on an emergency footing to provide legal assistance to Palestinian protesters, and to counter...

Up-to-the-minute updates on Adalah's legal work defending human rights as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic.

In 2018, the Israeli parliament approved the Jewish Nation-State Basic Law that enshrines Jewish supremacy over Palestinian citizens. The law has distinct apartheid characteristics and requires...

Adalah lawyers - past and present - examine the October 2000 events and their historic impact.

In October 2000, Israeli police shot dead 13 young unarmed Palestinian men when people took to the streets to protest against the Israeli military’s killing and wounding of scores in the Occupied...

The commemoration of 20 years since October 2000 comes at a time of new developments regarding the 2017 Israeli police killing of Ya’akub Abu al-Qi’an, a 50-year-old teacher. There is a direct...

A joint project of Adalah & the Negev Coexistence Forum. Funded by the European Union*

The Israeli government has announced plans to unilaterally annex large swaths of the occupied Palestinian West Bank.