Press Releases

Today, Adalah filed a petition on behalf of the residents of seven Arab unrecognized villages in the Negev, the Regional Council for Unrecognized Villages in the Negev, the Association of 40, the...

Today the Supreme Court rejected Adalah’s petition and ruled that an order calling for the demolition of a mosque in the village of Husseniya is valid and must be implemented. Until 1996,...

Today, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel on behalf of the Committee of the Martyrs’ Families and in its own name, against Uzi Landau, the Minister of Internal...

On 17 April 2001, Adalah wrote a letter to Mr.Yosif Barel, the manager of Channel 33, requesting that the station air live broadcasts of the Or Commission hearings. Adalah maintains that the...

Today, Adalah wrote a letter to the Finance Minister calling upon him to secure tax breaks for the village of Mazra’ah similar to those granted to surrounding Jewish towns. Mazra’ah, an...

On 25 March, Adalah filed a motion for an injunction and a petition to the Supreme Court on behalf of 35 mayors of Arab towns and villages against the Minister Internal Security; The Chief of...

Today, under pressure from the Supreme Court, Adalah withdrew a petition calling for equality in the allocation of the religious buildings budget. The Court cited improvement in achieving equal...

The Israeli Supreme Court, in a decision written by Justice Yakov Tirkel, today dismissed an appeal of the administrative detention order against Ghassan Athamleh, a Central Committee member of the...

Today, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court against Haifa Municipality for refusing to publish its public announcements in the Arabic-language media. The case originally came before the...

The families of four Palestinian citizens of Israel who were killed in October by Israeli security forces have petitioned the Supreme Court to obtain copies of the official autopsy reports. Their...

On 14 February, Adalah representatives Jamil Dakwar and Anne Massagee participated in a meeting with the United Nations Human Rights Inquiry Commission, set up by the UN Commission on Human Rights...

Adalah representatives Hassan Jabareen, Rina Rosenberg and Riad Anis visited N. Ireland and London this past week in order to meet with and learn from leading lawyers who have experience working...

Today, the High Follow-Up Committee for the Arab Citizens in Israel is submitting evidence that it has gathered to the official Commission of Inquiry, headed by Justice Theodore Or. The material...

"Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is known for his racist and hostile positions to democratic values. He continues to spread lies and incite against human rights organizations that operate...

The President of the District Court of Nazareth, Justice Yehuda Abramovich, yesterday approved a six-month administrative detention order against Mr. Ghassan Athamleh. The order, issued on 4...

Today Adalah published Volume II of its Legal Journal, Adalah's Review. Adalah's Review is intended to open a critical stage for discussion of Israeli law, the legal system and legal discourse,...

Adalah Staff Attorney Gadeer Nicola and Development Director Rina Rosenberg assisted in organizing and attended a meeting of Palestinian and Israeli NGOs based in Israel with the UN HCHR, Ms. Mary...

At about 10 o'clock this morning, five General Security Service (GSS) and Galilee police officers arrived at Adalah's office in Shfaram with a handwritten court order, signed by the President of...

Yesterday, Adalah’s General Director, Hassan Jabareen, sent a letter to Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Supreme Court President Aharon Barak raising legal challenges to the mandate of the...

On November 9, 2000, Adalah representatives Rina Rosenberg and Gadeer Nicola attended a meeting for Palestinian and Israeli NGOs to discuss the current crisis with the UN High Commissioner for...