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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)...

On 5 September 2006, Adalah filed a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding the issuance of an injunction canceling Article 4(a) of the Prison Service Order #04/34/00. This Order is used...

Volume 28, September 2006 www.adalah.org Haifa District Court: No Right to Water for Arab Bedouin Families Living in Unrecognized Villages in the Naqab Petition to Supreme Court Demanding...

The law, which strips Palestinians of the right to sue for damages inflicted by the Israeli security forces, even those inflicted outside the context of a military operation, is a racist and...

On 21 and 28 August 2006, Adalah submitted two objections on behalf of 19 Arab farmers from the north of Israel to Local Master Plans G13449 and HBG/1237 to the Haifa and Northern Planning and...

On 23 August 2006, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Israeli Attorney General (AG) demanding that he immediately open a criminal investigation into the publication of article in Issue 160 of the...

On 17 August 2006, the Haifa District Court issued a precedent-setting judgment that the inclusion of military service (participation in military, national, or army reserve service and serving as...

On 15 August 2006, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Haifa Police Force regarding the illegal conduct of the police in ignoring the violent assault of Mrs. Fatima Ali, a resident of the Wadi...

On 13 August 2006, Adalah sent a letter to the Attorney General of Israel, Menachem Mazuz, arguing that Israel's military operations against civilian targets in Lebanon, including the killing of...

On 15 August 2006, the Supreme Court of Israel issued an order nisi (order to show cause) against the Minister of Public Security, Avi Dichter, demanding that he explain his reasons for not...

The Court ordered the petitioners and the state to announce their agreement over an interim order, or the Court will rule on the motion to issue an interim order. A further hearing will be held on...

On 17 July 2006, Adalah sent an urgent letter to State Prosecutor Eran Shendar and Minister of Public Security Avi Dichter, demanding the release of a correspondent of the Arabic Aljazeera...

On 6 July 2006, Adalah sent a letter to the Israeli Prison Service (IPS), demanding that it resume broadcasts of Arabic language television channels for Arab prisoners incarcerated in Israeli...

On 6 July 2006, Adalah sent a letter to the Israeli Prison Service (IPS), demanding that it resume broadcasts of Arabic language television channels for Arab prisoners incarcerated in Israeli...

On 2 July 2006, the Municipality of Ness Ziona agreed to provide bus transportation for six Arab children living in the village of Ness Ziona and attend an Arab school in Ramle. According to an...

In the run-up to its full review of Israel's compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), scheduled to take place on 2-3 August 2006...

On 4 July 2006, during an urgent hearing held on a petition submitted by Adalah, the Supreme Court of Israel issued a decision obliging the Israel Prison Service (IPS) to allow lawyers representing...

Volume 27, July - August 2006 www.adalah.org Precedent-Setting Judgment: Haifa University Discriminates Against Arab Students in Allocation of Student Accommodation Nine-Justice Supreme Court Panel...

On 31 May 2006, Adalah submitted its written arguments to the Nazareth District Court challenging the appropriation on 15 November 1953 of a 200-dunam plot of land in the village of Lajoun, located...