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Holocaust survivor was a world-renowned defender of Palestinian human rights and fought against the Occupation and oppression and for peace, justice, and the enforcement of international law.

Arab members of Israeli parliament are currently facing three key violations of their rights as publicly-elected representatives.

JNF, which openly discriminates against non-Jews and sees itself as entity that serves only Israeli Jews, will become a decisive partner in public land management.

Security Council convenes to discuss Palestinian question; Adalah: Since Resolution 2334 approved in December 2016, Israel has issued bids for over 5,300 new settlement housing units; Israeli...

Judge notes that Adalah's petition demanding bus stop construction was 'important' and that it 'bore fruit'; regional councils have 12 months to build bus stops.

Israeli police gunned down Bedouin math teacher in January 2017; police actions and subsequent investigation found riddled with flaws, conflicts of interest, and obstruction of justice.

Proposed Basic Law, authored by Joint List MKs Zahalka, Zoabi, and Azbarga, intended to enshrine principle of equal citizenship for every Israeli citizen.

Adalah Attorney Soheir Assad to disciplinary committee: Constitutional law applies to university so disciplinary rules must uphold students’ rights to free speech.

Court orders Knesset to provide survey of countries’ restrictions on parliamentarians’ travel; precedent: first time Ethics Code used to overtly restrict MK’s freedom of expression & movement.

Adalah Attorney Suhad Bishara: Israeli similarly prevented Palestinian refugees from returning and seized their homes and property based on Israeli domestic law.

Haifa hospital also concealed medical information from Jafar Farah, who was handcuffed to bed in violation of medical ethics; police verbally abused Arab nurse; Adalah & PHRI file complaints.

Police violence did not end with the illegal arrests of 21 people, but continued with assaults of detained protesters during their transfer to the police station and inside the station.

Law targets Arab Knesset members; Adalah & ACRI: Israeli Supreme Court has failed in its role as defender of the minority, subordinated human rights to will of the predatory majority.

Officers beat attorney Anan Odeh at protest, photographed him handcuffed and lying on the floor of Haifa police station.

Supreme Court fully adopts Israeli military’s position, refused to watch videos documenting shooting of Gaza demonstrators; Israeli military has killed more than 100 in Gaza since 30 March.

Adalah's Hassan Jabareen: We turned courtroom into space where police violence was exposed & rejected. This was possible due to social media posts that told true story of what happened.

Since petition filed, Israeli troops have continued to kill Palestinians with live ammunition, including 59 people – seven of whom were children – on 14 May alone.

During the 1948 Nakba, more than 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes and land to areas outside the newly-established State of Israel.

Including today’s protest, approximately 100 Palestinians have been killed while participating in peaceful demonstrations and over 10,000 Palestinians were wounded.