Special Edition, Volume 25, May 2006 www.adalah.org Adalah's Initial Comments on Supreme Court’s Ruling on the Nationality and Entry into Israel Law 6-5 Majority of Supreme Court Approves Most Racist Law in State of Israel, Preventing Families' Unification on Basis of National Belonging: Arab-Palestinian Informational Briefing for Foreign Embassies in Israel on Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Ban on Family Unification Law International Condemnation of the Nationality and Entry into Israel Law Feature Summary of Supreme Court’s Decision on the Nationality and Entry into Israel Law H.C. 7052/03, Adalah et. al. v. Interior Minister et. al. Education Rights Supreme Court Decides Preschool Children in Unrecognized Bedouin Village Can Study without School Buildings or Transportation Supreme Court Petition: Severe Shortage of Educational Psychologists in Unrecognized Bedouin Villages in the Naqab Social Rights Supreme Court Dismisses Sakhnin Residents' Petition against Transferal of Employment Office Serving Thousands of Arab Citizens to Industrial Area in Misgav Criminal Justice Supreme Court Orders Israel Prison Service to Reconsider Directives Concerning Children’s Visits with their Incarcerated Parents Adalah’s Newsletter is a monthly publication issued in Arabic, Hebrew and English. It highlights Adalah’s main activities, provides analysis of human rights issues, and links to new reports. Suggestions, articles and commentaries from our readers are welcome. View previous volumes Arabic Version Hebrew Version Subscribe a Friend Opening Remarks This month, the Supreme Court delivered the most racist decision in its history. The decision approved a law which prevents spouses from living together as a family in the State of Israel if one of them is a Palestinian from the Occupied Territories. The right to family life is a natural right which supersedes any other legal right. This right existed prior to the enactment of Israel’s Basic Laws, prior to the founding of the Knesset and prior to the establishment of the Jewish State. Indeed, it existed before the development of politics. There is no moral basis for a piece of legislation which seeks to violate a natural right which has existed since the beginning of history. This racist law continues to encumber, threaten and obstruct the ability of thousands of Arab families to exercise their right to lead their lives like the rest of humanity. These families, along with the entire Arab minority in Israel and international and local human rights organizations, will continue their struggle against this racist law until its annulment. New Map Map of the Unrecognized Arab Bedouin Villages in the Naqab Produced by the RCUV Donate to Adalah. Thank you in advance. Main office: PO Box 510 Shafa'amr, 20200 Israel Tel: (972)-4-950-1610 Fax: (972)-4-950-3140 Naqab office: 28 Reger Ave # 35 Beer el Sabe, Israel Tel: (972)-8-665-0740 Fax: (972)-8-665-0853 adalah@adalah.org www.adalah.org

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