Transportation to School for Arab Students.

HCJ 5562/97, Maisa Zoabi, et. al. v. Municipality of Afula, et. al.

Arab children who live in Dahi, an Arab village of 700 people under the jurisdiction of the Afula Municipality (a Jewish city), attend elementary and secondary schools located 7 and 15 km, respectively, away from their village. There are no schools in Dahi. Representing 90 Arab students from Dahi, Adalah petitioned the Court in 09/97 to compel the Afula Municipality and the Ministry of Education to renew obligatory bus services to school for the students, stopped for reasons of tax disputes. The Court immediately issued an order nisi, and within one week, the respondents renewed the required bus services. Judgment 09/97 and Adalah awarded NIS 5,000 in legal expenses.

(H.C. 5562/97, Maisa Zoabi, et. al. v. Municipality of Afula, et. al.)