Press Releases

(Haifa, Israel) Yesterday, Wednesday 12 May 2010, the Petah Tikvah Magistrate Court held two separate hearings on requests by the General Security Services (GSS or Shabak) to extend the detention...

Adalah: The GSS is Attempting to Criminalize the Public Political and Social Activity of Arab Citizens; Inflating the Charges against Them Aims to Legitimize the Unjust Gag Order and Ban on Meeting...

Yesterday, 28 April 2010, nineteen members of Knesset, led by Ronit Tirosh of the Kadima party, submitted a new bill to amend the Law of Associations, entitled "Amendment of Restrictions on an...

On April 28, 2010, a group of 19 members of Parliament, introduced a bill entitled “Associations (Amutot) Law (Amendment – Exceptions to the Registration and Activity of an Association),...

This month, nineteen members of the Knesset submitted a bill to outlaw associations which give information to foreigners or are involved in litigation abroad against senior officials of the Israeli...

Democratic values are important to the human rights community in Israel. A new bill proposes to trample these democratic values and undermine the ability to seek accountability for human rights...

Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) petitioned the Supreme Court of Israel on 27 April 2010 to demand the cancellation of an amendment to The Regional Councils’ Law...

Adalah to Interior Minister: Cancel travel ban imposed on Ameer Makhoul, director of Ittijah

The Admissions Committee of Moshav Nevatim, an “agricultural village” located south of the city of Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) in the Naqab (Negev) announced by letter dated 22 April 2010...

New Motion Submitted to Compel Prosecution to Disclose Crucial Investigatory Materials On 21 April 2010, the Tel Aviv Magistrates’ Court held a hearing on one of the preliminary arguments...

On 13 April 2010, the Supreme Court of Israel accepted Adalah’s petition and instructed the Israel Prison Service (IPS) to permit children of prisoners classified as “security prisoners” to...

On 13 April 2010, the Supreme Court of Israel issued a precedent-setting decision on a petition submitted by Adalah to allow Arab author and journalist Alaa Hlehel to travel to Lebanon to...

In a critical ruling delivered on 8 April 2010, the Haifa Court for Local Affairs refused a motion submitted by the Haifa Municipality to close down the Arab-owned Azad restaurant in the city...

On 24 March 2010, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel on behalf of the author Ala Hlehel, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, to visit Lebanon to receive the prestigious...

On 15 March 2010, Adalah submitted a petition the Supreme Court of Israel on behalf of 13 Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel residing in the village of Rameh (pop. 7,500) in the north of Israel,...

In a letter received by Adalah on 14 March 2010, the Israeli Ministry of Justice claimed that Israel is fully entitled to sell and transfer ownership rights to land previously leased to Jewish...

Adalah: The Citizenship Law is the Most Racist Law in Israel and has no Parallel in any Democratic State in the World On 2 March 2010, an expanded 11-Justice panel of the Supreme Court of Israel...

Adalah: The Charges are Baseless and Represent an Attempt by the State to Delegitimize the Arab Political Leadership in Israel On 10 March 2010, the trial of MK Mohammed Barakeh, the leader of the...

On 14 February 2010, a government-backed bill passed preliminary reading at the Israeli Knesset. Under the pretext of increasing transparency of foreign funding of NGOs, the bill restricts the...

Adalah and Al Mezan: “Closing the military investigations in this manner demonstrates contempt for the victims and their rights. These cases demand an impartial, independent criminal...