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Attorney Hassan Jabareen, the General Director of Adalah: “The Supreme Court's decision nullified one of the most racist laws legislated by the Knesset in the last five years. After this...

In a letter received by Adalah on 23 November 2006, the State Prosecutor's Office in Israel announced that a criminal investigation for racial incitement into the publication of an article in Issue...

Volume 31, December 2006 www.adalah.org Supreme Court Cancels Racist Law, Ruling that Palestinians Harmed by Israeli Military in the OPTs are Eligible for Compensation from Israel Supreme Court:...

On 28 November 2006, Adalah sent a letter to the National Insurance Institute (NII) requesting the issuance of administrative directives to mandate that official documents written in the Arabic...

On 22 November 2006, Adalah held a briefing on legal developments in 2006 for representatives of embassies in Israel at the Heinrich B?ll Foundation in Tel Aviv. Ambassadors and political officers...

Adalah: The Water Tribunal Supported the Government's Policy of Seeking to Move Arab Bedouin Citizens of Israel from their Land in the Naqab by Upholding Decisions of the Water Commissioner not to...

On 12 November 2006, Adalah submitted a response to a petition filed to the Supreme Court of Israel by residents of the Jewish community town of Kamoun, located in the Galilee in the north of...

On 8 November 2006, Adalah wrote, for the second time, to “Mifal Hapayis,” the Israeli Lottery, demanding the cancellation of a plan to award 1,000 scholarships to students who serve in...

The University: This demand stands, but there is no overall policy mandating character references for Arab visitors to enter the University. Adalah: The discriminatory directives must be cancelled....

Volume 30, November 2006 www.adalah.org Appeal to the Supreme Court against Policy of not Providing Drinking Water to Arab Bedouin Living in the Unrecognized Villages in the Naqab Adalah to Supreme...

Adalah: The ease with which the state obtains ex parte orders for home demolitions from the Beer el-Sabe Magistrate Court, without the presence of the affected families, is a dangerous phenomenon....

On 24 October 2006, the Supreme Court of Israel ruled that the promotion of Benzi Sau, a senior police commander during the October 2000 protest demonstrations, by the Minister of Public Security...

On 15 October 2006, Adalah submitted a comprehensive report entitled “The Accused” to the Attorney General of Israel, Menachem Mazuz. The report addresses the shortcomings and failures...

On 6 October 2006, the Attorney General (AG) rejected an appeal filed by Adalah against the decision of the Ministry of Justice's Police Investigations Unit (“Mahash”) to close the...

On 8 October 2006, Adalah submitted six motions to the Magistrate Court in Beer el-Sabe to cancel six home demolition orders issued by the Court, ex parte, on 26 July 2006 and 23 August 2006. The...

Volume 29, October 2006 www.adalah.org October 2000 Killings Adalah Submits “The Accused” and Demands Investigation into “Mahash” for Breach of Trust and Damaging Public...

Adalah: Decision Infringes the Rights of Arab Bedouin Citizens of Israel to Water and Health, and to Live in Dignity On 13 September 2006, the Haifa District Court (sitting as a Water Tribunal)...

The conference included workshops and lectures by leading human rights attorneys and activists. The keynote lecture was delivered by Supreme Court Justice Salim Joubran. Over 100 Arab law students...

On 21 September 2006, the Supreme Court of Israel ordered the Minister of the Interior (MOI), the Minister of Finance and the Prime Minister to submit to it an update regarding articles of the...

On 13 September 2006, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel challenging the state's compensation scheme for war damages to businesses and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)...