Volume 83, June 2011
Religious Rights
Israeli Supreme Court rules to turn Big Mosque in Beer el-Sabe into an "Islamic Museum"
The Right to Water
Israeli Supreme Court: Arab Bedouin in unrecognized villages in the Naqab have the right to "minimal access to water"
Adalah asks Water Board to immediately connect 3 unrecognized Arab Bedouin villages to water network
International Day Against Torture, 26 June



Art Gallery: "Untitled" by Maysa Azeiza

Adalah, PHR-I & Al Mezan: Joint Position Paper "Israel Must Immediately End Use of Solitary Confinement of Prisoners"

Adalah demands installation of cooling devices in Gilboa and Shata prisons due to intense summer heat

Adalah: Proposed Bill Allowing for One-Year Ban on Meetings between Prisoners and their Attorneys is Unconstitutional

Human Rights Organizations host event to launch new book - Threat: Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israel

Adalah: Investigate Police Assault on Nakba Day Demonstrators in Israel
Land & Planning Rights
Supreme Court issues order to show cause against Admissions Committee Law
Haifa District Court dismisses Adalah's petition demanding cancellation of national park and foresting Master Plan that threatens development of Daliyat al-Carmel
Education & Employment Rights
Ramleh mayor disconnects Arab school from internet due to principal's opposition to budget cuts; internet restored following Adalah's intervention
Exclusion of Arab citizens from civil service jobs, municipalities in the mixed cities and in the private sector
Hate Speech
Adalah demands criminal investigation into Mayor of Natseret Illit for racial incitement against Arab citizens of Israel
Update: New Discriminatory Laws and Bills in Israel


New report by Adalah detailing 23 main new laws and currently-tabled bills in the Knesset that discriminate against the Palestinian minority in Israel and threaten their rights as citizens of the state. Some of the legislation is specifically designed to preempt, circumvent or overturn Supreme Court decisions providing protection for these rights.
Commentary


Adalah Attorney Sawsan Zaher, "Mandatory Pensions Agreement Discriminates against the Arab Minority"
New Releases by Partners


Alternative Information Center: Video about the unrecognized villages


Christian Aid: "Locked Out – Palestinian Refugees and the Key to Peace"
Mada al-Carmel: Jadal, Vol. 10, "Rethinking Partition of Palestine"
UN report says Israeli blockade of Gaza hurts employment and wages
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