GENERAL DIRECTOR

Dr. Hassan Jabareen, Advocate | Founder of Adalah and General Director

Hassan is the General Director of Adalah. Over the last 30 years, he has litigated scores of landmark constitutional law cases regarding the rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel, including the Palestinian leadership in Israel, and international humanitarian law cases concerning Palestinians in the 1967 Occupied Territory before the Israeli Supreme Court. He has received several awards for outstanding public interest lawyering and top human rights law prizes Hassan is also an adjunct lecturer in the Faculty Law at Tel Aviv University, and  has published several academic articles on the citizenship status of the Palestinians. Hassan was a Yale World Fellow; a Senior Robina Law Fellow at Yale Law School; a research fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin; a visiting scholar at Columbia University Law School; and a Visiting Fellow at Georgetown University Qatar.

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Rabea Eghbariah, Advocate | Affiliated Attorney

Rabea Eghbariah is an attorney completing his doctoral studies at Harvard Law School. He worked as an appellate public defender before joining Adalah, where he continues to work over summers. Rabea argued major civil and political rights cases and published on various subjects relating to Palestinians and Israeli law. His writings appeared in the Yale Journal of Law and Technology, the Law and Political Economy Project, and the Journal of Palestine Studies, among others. Rabea previously served as an executive article editor of the Harvard Human Rights Journal and currently serves as an editorial member of Jadaliyya's Palestine page.

LAND AND PLANNING RIGHTS UNIT

Lubna Tuma holds an LL.B. in Law and a B.A. in Social Work from the University of Haifa, and an LL.M. in Public Law from Tel Aviv and Northwestern Universities. Over the last years, Lubna worked with the Arab Culture Association, where she coordinated projects to improve the accessibility of higher education for Arab students, and provided legal counsel to students on their rights. Previously Lubna completed her legal apprenticeship with Adalah and rejoined the organization in October 2023 as part of the legal team defending about 100 students in disciplinary proceedings. She became a staff attorney in July 2024 and she is leading the establishment of a children's and students’ rights project.

Salam Irsheid, Advocate | Economic and Social Rights Unit

Salam holds an LLB in Law from Bar-Ilan University, and a BA in Communication and Journalism with a minor in English from the Hebrew University. During her law studies, Salam served as a staff editor for the journal of “Law, Religion and State” (2018); in the Hebrew Research Network (2019), she worked as a research assistant in the field of international law; and she participated in a legal clinic at the Justice Ministry’s legislation and legal advice office in the field of international trade law.  Salam completed her legal internship in a private law firm dealing with labor, trade and real estate. After receiving her license in 2021, Salam joined Adalah. 

LEGAL APPRENTICE & LAW STUDENTS

Ariel Remez | Legal Apprentice

Ariel Remez joined Adalah in November 2018, leading our press relations in Hebrew. He has a professional background as a theatre director and drama teacher. As an activist he has also published dozens of articles and op-eds in various media platforms on a wide range of political issues. Ari received an LLB in Law from Ono Academic College and since January 2025, he has been working as a legal apprenctice with Adalah.

Suma Basheer | Legal Apprentice

Suma Basheer holds an LLB in Law from the Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University. During her legal studies, Suma served as a staff editor for the journal: "Iyunei Mishpat – Tel Aviv University Law Review", participated in the Criminal Procedure Rights Clinic (theoretical and practical work), and served as an analyst at the Omek Center for Policy and Legislative Design. Suma joined Adalah in 2025 as a legal apprentice.

INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY & RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Rina Rosenberg (Jabareen), Esq. | Co-Founder of Adalah and International Advocacy and Resource Development Director

Rina is a lawyer and a co-founder of Adalah. She is a member of the New York Bar. She has a BA in History from New York University (USA) and a Juris Doctor and LLM in Criminal Law from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC (USA). She also completed numerous classes in the MA Program in Holocaust Studies at Haifa University. Her work with Adalah includes research and advocacy before UN, EU and US bodies; extensive fundraising, donor relations, and financial management; outreach to the international media; writing and editing publications; and institutional development projects. Previously, she worked on resource development and international human rights advocacy with the Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA), the Galilee Society, and the Working Group on the Status of Palestinian Women in Israel. Prior to working in Israel, she worked as a public defender in NYC and as a clinical supervisor for law students with the Criminal Justice Clinic of Georgetown University Law Center in DC (USA). Rina was a Schell Fellow at Yale Law School in 2005-2006 and 2012-2014, and a visiting scholar at Columbia University Law School.

Katie Hesketh | International Advocacy and Resource Development Coordinator

Katie has worked for Adalah since 2008. Previously, she worked as a Public Policy Unit Assistant at the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD). She received an MSc in International Relations from the London School Economic and Political Science (2002) and a B.A. in Arabic and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies from Durham University.

Ranna Khalil | Researcher and Resource Development Associate

Before joining Adalah in February 2020, Ranna worked for years as a TV news producer for international media outlets, including NBC News and the Associated Press TV News, reporting on current Israeli and Palestinian affairs, and for a year in Berlin, as a planning producer for an international video news agency, covering worldwide news with a focus on the MENA region. She has also worked with local human rights organizations. She received two fellowships: one for journalism from the Herbert Quandt-Stiftung within the framework of the Trialog der Kulturen to work in Germany, and the other from Minerva Center for Human Rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Ranna received a B.A in Communications and Journalism and English, and an M.A in Communications and Journalism from the Hebrew University.  

Miriam Azem | International Advocacy Coordinator 

Miriam holds an LLB in International and European Law from the University of Groningen, Netherlands. Throughout her studies, Miriam completed an interdisciplinary honours program and conducted research in the field of the rule of law. Alongside her studies, Miriam was also an active member of the Amnesty International student group. Miriam joined Adalah in 2021. 

Lauren received an LLM in International Criminal Law (2016) and a Graduate Diploma in Law (2015) from the University of Sussex. She also holds a BA in Human Rights from Bard College (2013). Before joining Adalah, Lauren worked for various NGOs in research, advocacy, and resource development. Lauren has also worked in data collection and analysis related to armed conflict, particularly in the Israel/Palestine context. Lauren joined Adalah in 2023.

Mais Abdallah |  International Advocacy Associate and Legal Researcher

Mais holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School and an LL.M. (summa cum laude) and LL.B. from Tel Aviv University, where she specialized in the history and theory of international law and state violence. She was a research assistant at Harvard and TAU, and she held editorial roles at major legal journals, including the Harvard Human Rights Journal, the Harvard Journal of International Law, and Theoretical Inquiries in Law (TAU). She also practiced litigation and commercial law at a leading law firm in Israel. Mais worked previously as a law student at Adalah, and she rejoined the organization in July 2025.

COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT

Moatasem Zedan | Arabic Media oordinator

Moatasem holds an MA in Communication and Media studies from Haifa University. Before joining Adalah in May 2025, he worked at the Arab Culture Association as a projects coordinator and as director of media and public relations, and with several other NGOs.

Tom Mehager | Hebrew Media Spokesperson

Tom is a social activist who regularly writes opinion articles in Haaretz, HaOkets, +972 Magazine and Middle East Eye. Tom graduated with a B.A. in film and television and an M.A. in political science from Tel Aviv University. Later he worked with Adalah, as a spokesperson for the Hebrew media; as a program manager at the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem and as a research fellow at Harvard University in the USA; and as the director of the public department with Gisha. Tom also served on the board of directors of Kav LaOved (Worker's Hotline), and managed the Amram association. During the war in 2024, he founded the movement of reservist refusers, Ani Siravti (I refused.)

FINANCE AND ADMINSTRATION

Ghada Abboud | Administrative Assistant

Ghada has extensive experience in marketing and managing her own company, managing employees, and sales. She also has years of experience in accounting management in private companies and an accounting firm. Ghada has taken management courses and specialized courses in administrative support for the legal and medical fields. Ghada joined Adalah in January 2023 as an administrative assistant.

Ghassan Kharouba | Finance Director

Ghassan received a B.A. in Accounting and Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. and has worked with Adalah since 2008. Ghassan is a Certified Public Accountant and has run a private accounting business since 1994. He has extensive experience auditing financial reports for public institutions and providing financial consulting to NGOs. In addition to working at Adalah, he is a founding member of the Hewar Association for Alternative Education, in which he has served as a board member and chairperson of the financial committee since its establishment in 2001.

 

Basheer Al-Saleh | Accountant

 

Basheer graduated from Haifa University in 1991 with a B.A. in Economics and Accounting and has worked at Adalah since 2011. Previously, he worked for 15 years in a private account auditing office. He also manages accounts for the Association of The House of Music (Jamiyya Beit Al Musiqa) in Shufa 'Amer.

 

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS - 2025

 

Professor Mahmoud Yazbak | Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

Professor Yazbak teaches Middle East History in the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Haifa University. Dr. Yazbak returned to Adalah's Board of Directors in January 2018, having previously served on the Board from 2006 and as the Chairman from 2008-2011. Dr. Yazbak also serves on the Finance Committee.

 

 

Dr. Hala Khoury-Bisharat, Advocate

 

Dr. Khoury-Bisharat is a Dean at Ono Academic College, Faculty of Law based in Haifa and a lecturer in criminal procedure, evidence, public international law and international criminal law. She returned to the Board in January 2018, having previous served on the Board from 2007 and as the Chairperson from 2012-2014. Dr. Khoury-Bisharat serves on the Finance Committee.

 

 

Dr. Mansour Nasasra

 

Dr. Nasasra is lecturer in Middle East politics and international relations at the Department of Politics and Government, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.  He completed his Ph.D in the University of Exeter, and has taught at the University of Exeter, Plymouth University, and Hebrew University. He was a research fellow at the Council for British Research in the Levant and has been a recipient of British Academy grants. Nasasra is the author of The Naqab Bedouins: A Century of Politics and Resistance, Columbia University Press. He also is coeditor of The Naqab Bedouin and Colonialism: New Perspectives (2015). He also published a number of papers on the Islamic movement and Jerusalem, and the awqaf schools in East Jerusalem. He joined the Board of Adalah in January 2018.

 

 

Mr. Ziad Omari

 

Mr. Omari is a businessman and the director of the Rand Business Group for Education and Social Services. His business is specialized in management of more than 30 educational institutions for people with special needs and nursing homes. A partner in a real estate development company, he is the owner of the Ramada Nazareth hotel and the newly founded Arabic-language radio station, Radio Nas, broadcasting from Nazareth. He graduated with a master's degree in public health (MPH) from the Hadassah Medical Center, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He joined the Board of Adalah in February 2020.

 

 

Moayad Miari 

Mr. Miari is attorney and has managed a private law firm in Jerusalem since 2004 focusing on torts and human rights law. He began his professional career as a legal apprentice at Adalah.  He was elected to Audit Control Committee in January 2018.

 

 

 

Salah Mohsen

 

Mr. Mohsen is a fellow in the Mandel School for Educational Leadership. He holds a BA in sociology and anthropology from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MA in political science from Haifa University. Salah also completed the Democracy Leadership Program at Syracuse University and the Leadership Development Program at Columbia University. Salah worked in several senior positions at the human rights organization “Gisha”, and with Adalah from 2007-2014, including as the Communications Director. He joined the Board of Adalah in 2022.

 

 

Dr. Eman Abu Hanna Nahhas

 

Dr. Eman Abu Hanna Nahhas is a senior lecturer at Oranim and Gordon Colleges, and holds a PhD in Education from Tel Aviv University and completed her Post-Doctoral studies at the MOFET Institute in Tel Aviv. Her research focuses on the political and social-psychological aspects of conflicts and education, multicultural education and social-emotional learning. Eman previously served on Adalah’s Board, and rejoined in 2025. 

 

 

AUDIT CONTROL COMMITTEE

 

Emad Jabarin

 

Mr. Jabareen is a specialist in organizational management and consulting. He is a founder and director of the Bisan – Institute for Marketing and Strategic Research based in Umm al-Fahem. He was elected to the Audit Control Committee in January 2018. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salma Wakim

 

Salma Wakim is an attorney, who manages a private law firm in Maliya (Mi'ilya) in the Galilee. She is also a political activist and has served on the Boards of Directors for many years in NGOs promoting women's rights, human rights and prisoners' affairs, including Ittijah, the Arab Association for Human Rights, and Adalah (from 2010-2015). Salma is also a member of the disciplinary committee of the Israel Bar Association. She joined Adalah’s Audit Control Committee in February 2022.