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On 1 July 2009, the Supreme Court of Israel issued a final decision on a petition submitted by Adalah in 2006 to allocate positions for educational counselors in five schools in the Arab Bedouin...

Adalah to AG: Draft land reform law which permits the use of admissions committees to exclude Arab citizens of Israel from acquiring property rights in 697 rural and agricultural communities...

On 15 July 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Attorney General, Menachem Mazuz, demanding the cancellation of the Transport Minister's new decision to Hebraicize all the road signs in...

Adalah and ACRI to Attorney General Mazuz: Cancel the land swap agreement between the State of Israel and the Jewish National Fund as it violates the rules of public law and the right to equality

On 1 July 2009, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding an order to the Ministry of Education and the electricity company to connect the Al-Mustakbal and Al-Aa'sam B...

Volume 62, July 2009 www.adalah.org Land & Planning Rights Position paper on behalf of the High Follow-up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel: Critique of the Israeli government's land reform...

This week, seven human rights organizations based in Israel presented a report to the UN Fact-Finding team investigating allegations of war crimes during “Operation Cast Lead” in Gaza,...

In its meeting held on 28 June 2009, the Ministerial Committee for Legislative Affairs approved a draft bill which aims to impose an obligation on both the Ministry of Education (MOE) and local...

Numerous Israeli media outlets have recently published news stories on a report prepared by expert lawyers from the Israeli Bar Association that contains a chilling description of the inhuman...

On 22 June 2009, the Israel Prison Service (IPS) reversed its decision to prevent prisoners from receiving books not found in the prisons and announced to the Nazareth District Court that it has...

Adalah Launches New Internet-Based Interactive Map and Database on Land Expropriations by Israel Adalah: "Selling these properties constitutes the final expropriation of the right to property of...

On 10 June 2009, the Supreme Court of Israel issued an order nisi to the National Insurance Institute (NII) and the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor (MITL), ordering them to explain why anyone...

AMBASSADOR HOTEL NABLUS ROAD, SHEIKH JARRAH, EAST JERUSALEM MONDAY, 22 JUNE 2009 ENGLISH – 10 AM TO 11 AM ARABIC – 11 AM TO 12 NOON (Haifa – 17 June 2009) – Adalah invites...

In recent months, the Israeli army has continued to deny charges that its soldiers and officers allegedly committed war crimes during Operation “Cast Lead” on the Gaza Strip (27...

Adalah: The deep-rooted history of the mosque makes it a cultural symbol for all Arab citizens of Israel in addition to it being a sacred place for Muslims On Wednesday 3 June 2009 at 9 am, the...

EU-Israel Association Council; new legal developments concerning the Arab minority in Israel; and request for urgent meeting

Adalah: The deep-rooted history of the mosque makes it a cultural symbol for all Arab citizens of Israel in addition to it being a sacred place for Muslims On Wednesday 3 June 2009 at 9 am, the...

Volume 61, June 2009 www.adalah.org Palestinian Refugee Property New internet-based Interactive Map and Database on land expropriations by Israel since 1948 launched by Adalah Adalah to Attorney...

UN Committee Against Torture finds 'numerous, ongoing and consistent allegations' of torture and ill-treatment by Israel against Palestinians and calls for independent investigation into operation...

On 27 May 2009, Adalah sent a letter to the Israel Land Administration (ILA), the Attorney General and the Finance Minister demanding that they act immediately to repeal an ILA decision, which...