Press Releases

With great grief and sorrow, Adalah staff, management, and board mourn the passing of Mrs. Kamleh Saeed Na’amna (Shamali), the mother of Adalah office manager Fathiyya Hussein. Mrs....

Basing its decision on Article 7 of the law, Israeli magistrate’s court rules Karmiel is ‘Jewish city’ and that Arabic-language schools or funding transport for Arab schoolchildren are liable...

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: In some 40 percent of murders of Palestinian women citizens of Israel, complaints about incidents of violence had been filed...

Adalah demands Israeli interior minister cancel policy that excludes Bedouin citizens living in unrecognized villages from receiving emergency COVID-19 food stamps.

UN: Between January and October 2020, Israeli forces carried out 42 incursions inside Gaza; Al Mezan, Gisha, Adalah to Israel: Investigate the incursions.

Adalah demands Israeli prison service act immediately to halt continuing spread of virus and to provide sufficient treatment for infected prisoners.

Authorities allege construction and land-use violations, but 2019 plan allows for residential and commercial development, and provides path to retroactive legitimacy for area businesses.

In an unprecedented move, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to stop issuing visas for foreign nationals employed by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human...

Israeli Border Police officer shot dead 32-year-old autistic man Eyad al-Hallaq in Jerusalem’s Old City on 30 May 2020 as he was making his way to special needs school.

Magen David Adom’s website currently provides only Hebrew and English options; Adalah: Lack of essential public health updates in Arabic constitutes disregard for lives of nearly two million...

Adalah, Addameer, PCATI, PHRI call on international community to urge Israel to allow al-Akhras to move to West Bank hospital or to release him immediately – before it is too late.

150,000 Arab students in Israel lacking computers, electricity, or internet access are unable to connect to online remote-learning solutions and cannot secure their basic right to education.

11-year-old Hamze was bused to an Arab school six kilometers from his home; Adalah demanded Ramle municipality reverse decision blocking him from school preferred by his family and just 250 meters...

Following Adalah’s legal action against East J’lem demolitions: Israel announced last week it would freeze demolitions nationwide; Adalah: Israel must allow legal construction and stop...

Israeli news report reveals army’s Home Front Command seeking current and former security agents with expertise in ‘Arab society and culture’; Adalah warned: Use of secretive security...

October 2000 killings, 20 years later | From October 2000 to Ya'akub Abu al-Qi'an: In new statement adopted by High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens, Adalah demands end to impunity for Israeli...

Ban stipulates only specific Knesset members authorized by Israel’s internal security minister may visit Palestinian ‘security prisoners’; ban violates MKs' immunity and parliamentary rights.

In 2018, Adalah called on Israel’s attorney general to intervene and order an independent investigation into the killing of Ya'akub Abu al-Qi'an due to fears of fatal flaws, conflicts of...

Residents of Misgav-area villages in northern Israel demand subsidized programs in accordance with their socio-economic ranking; parents now pay five times more than the amount paid by parents in...

Hastily-legislated law designed to combat COVID-19 allows Israel’s government to impose sweeping restrictions that violate civil liberties with zero parliamentary oversight.