Press Releases

On 10 February 2010, the Knesset passed an amendment to the Land Ordinance (Acquisition for Public. Purposes)–1943. The aim of the new law was primarily to confirm state ownership of land...

On 8 April 2009, Adalah in cooperation with Al-Mezan in Gaza, sent a letter to the Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak and the Attorney General, Menachem Mazuz, demanding that the AG immediately...

On 11 February 2010, an expanded nine-justice panel of the Supreme Court of Israel struck down article 5 of the Criminal Procedures (Detainees Suspected of Security Offences) (Temporary Order) Law...

On 8 February 2010, Adalah sent a letter to the Minister of the Interior demanding the cancellation of a six-month travel ban imposed on Mr. Khalil Tufakji, a prominent Palestinian planner and...

Adalah: Attorney General's response represents an unacceptable delay to individuals and families living in extreme poverty in Gaza On 21 January 2010, the Attorney General (AG) submitted his...

In November 2009, Adalah filed a claim for damages to the Tel Aviv Magistrates' Court on behalf of Dr. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian against the Airports Authority and the State of Israel. The lawsuit...

On 26 January 2010, the Knesset House Committee voted to strip Arab member of Knesset (MK) Sa’id Naffaa (National Democratic Assembly – Balad) of his immunity. This move permits the...

Adalah to Interior Minister: Immediately cancel new policy of refusing work visas to employees of international NGOs operating in the West Bank and East Jerusalem

On 7 January 2010, in an exceptional decision , the Haifa District Court ordered the National Council for Planning and Building to prepare a new master plan for the village of Daliyat al-Carmel...

Adalah: The Israeli Supreme Court's decision affords greater importance to the State of Israel's man-made forests than to the property rights of Arab citizens of Israel. It also shows that the...

This month, Adalah learned that the Electricity Company has begun to connect the Al-Mustakbal and Al-Aa'sam B schools in the Arab Bedouin villages of Abu Talul and the Al-Amal school in the village...

According to report by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, the rate of infant mortality in the unrecognized villages was 14.7 deaths per 1000 live births in 2005, compared to 3.9 deaths per 1000...

UN Committee Poses 30 Tough Questions to Israel on Torture, Indefinite Detention of Prisoners, Human Shields, and ISA Medical Coercion of Gaza Patients at Erez Crossing

This month the UN Human Rights Committee (the Committee) published its “List of Issues” for Israel. The list was issued in preparation for its full review of Israel’s compliance...

On 01 December 2009, Adalah sent a letter to the Minister of Education, Gideon Saar, and Attorney General, Menachem Mazuz, demanding the immediate removal of the requirement that candidates for...

Israeli Supreme Court: Family visits to prisoners are not a basic humanitarian need. It is a government decision to prohibit the visits; we will not interfere Israel has placed a total, sweeping...

On 2 December 2009, Adalah held its annual briefing on legal developments and major Israeli Supreme Court cases concerning Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel for representatives of foreign...

Stop the Ban on Foreign Funding to NGOs

Following the Goldstone Report: Adalah, Al Mezan and Al Haq Submit New Complaints and Demands to Israel for Criminal Investigations into Suspected War Crimes in Gaza

Adalah and Physicians for Human Rights - Israel: Establish a health clinic for 2000 Arab Bedouin citizens of Israel living in the unrecognized village of Tel Arad in the Naqab (Negev), 19.11.2009...