Press Releases

In its response to a lawsuit filed by Adalah and Sawt el-Amel (the Laborer’s Voice) in the Tel Aviv District Labor Court, the Israel Railways Company (IRC) has announced that it will replace...

On 3 May 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the head of the Police in the Naqab region demanding the immediate dismantling of police blockades set up at the entrances to the Arab Bedouin village...

During Supreme Court Hearing on Adalah Petition Seeking Criminal Investigations into Killings and Home Demolitions, Justices Make Political Comments Unrelated to the Merits of the Petition On...

On Wednesday, 6 May 2009, at 9 am, the Supreme Court of Israel will hear a petition filed by Adalah together with the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (Gaza) and Al-Haq (West Bank) in April...

UN Committee Against Torture to review Israel on 5 and 6 May 2009

Today, 30 April 2009, Adalah and Sawt el-Amel ("The Laborers' Voice) submitted a lawsuit to the Regional Labor Court in Tel Aviv on behalf of two Arab workers fired by the Israel Railway Company....

Since January 2009, the National Insurance Institute (NII) in Israel has discontinued the transfer of disability payments to more than 5,000 eligible Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip....

On 27 April 2009, the inspector designated by the Jerusalem District Planning Committee delayed hearing objections filed by Adalah, in cooperation with the Civic Coalition for Defending the...

Tomorrow, Monday 27 April 2009 at 9 a.m., an investigator nominated by the Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee, which is part of the Israeli Interior Ministry, will hear objections...

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...

Since January 2009, the National Insurance Institute (NII) in Israel has discontinued the transfer of disability payments to more than 5,000 eligible Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip....

In April 2009 Adalah challenged two new Israel Prison Service (IPS) policies that created worsened conditions of confinement for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons: a total ban on bringing...

On 16 April 2009, Adalah submitted a motion objecting to the state's presentation of secret evidence (referred to as “intelligence material”) for review by the Nazereth District Court,...

The Israel Railway Company argued in its response to Adalah, dated 30 March 2009, that its decision to impose the military service criterion as a condition for retaining workers was based on...

The Israel Railway Company argued in its response to Adalah, dated 30 March 2009, that its decision to impose the military service criterion as a condition for retaining workers was based on...

Ten-year-old Jibril Ziyadna from Rahat in the Naqab (Negev) suffers from osteoporosis, which leads to constant fractures and breakages to his bones from the slightest movements. Several years ago...

On 5 April 2009, Adalah sent a pre-petition to the legal advisor to the Israel Prison Service (IPS), demanding the immediate cancellation of an IPS decision to place a total ban on bringing books...

On 8 April 2009, Adalah sent a letter to the Director of the National Insurance Institute (NII), Esther Domenesy, asking her to expand the applicability of the National Insurance Law – 1995,...

UN Human Rights Council HR Situation in Palestine - Gaza, March 2009: Combined Reports of UN Special Rapporteurs

On 30 April 2009, Adalah sent a letter to the Israeli Attorney General demanding that directives be issued to the Likud and Shas political parties to cancel a provision of their bilateral coalition...