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Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel submitted a petition today, 1 December 1999, to the High Court on behalf of the Parents Committee in Segev Shalom (Shkeb) against the...

Presentation on the "Nakba (Catastrophe)", by Adalah Attorney Suhad BisharaÂ

Al-Jelasi is a neighborhood in the Arab village of Kammaneh, located in the north of Israel near Karmiel. Al-Jelasi forms the center of the village, which also includes West and East Kammaneh. Both...

On November 4, 1999, a representative from the Attorney General’s office abruptly stopped the Knesset’s deliberations on the 2000 budget for the Ministry of Religious Affairs. According...

Two legal advisors to the Knesset have recommended the immediate disqualification of a bill, initiated by MK Mohammed Baraka (Jebha/Hadash), which would guarantee equal rights for Palestinian Arab...

On October 9th 1999, Adalah hosted a panel discussion entitled “The Palestinian Minority in Israel: Between Integration and Collective Rights” at its offices in Shfaram. Speakers at the...

In the wake of September's attempted bombing attacks in Haifa and Tiberias, Israel's security forces last week announced a series of security recommendations aimed at limiting the power of the...

In our opinion, these recommendations are completely unacceptable. Even their partial implementation would violate and erode the basic civil rights of many of the Arab citizens of Israel, and...

Today, Adalah called upon the Attorney General and the Prime Minister to establish an official committee of inquiry into the recent events of police brutality against Arab citizens in Lod and Umm...

Introduction: The Supreme Court of Israel, in a much criticized ruling in June 1999, decided not to consider a petition against the appointment of Lieutenant Colonel Erez to lead a highly...

In late 1998, following the signing of the Wye Plantation Accords, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud-led government lost a vote of no confidence in the Knesset. The Knesset was...

On 23 December 1999, Justice Arthur Chaskalson and Benjamin Pogrund met with Adalah staff, Board members, and other Palestinian lawyers at Adalah’s offices. Justice Chaskalson, a leading...

On 23 December 1999, Justice Arthur Chaskalson and Benjamin Pogrund met with Adalah staff, Board members, and other Palestinian lawyers at Adalah’s offices. Justice Chaskalson, a leading...

Adalah Staff Attorney Jamil Dakwar presented written and oral statements to the CESCR Committee in Geneva. Adalah's statement emphasized Israel's violations of ESCR rights of Palestinian citizens...

UN Human Rights Committee - July 1998 The UN HRC monitors State Parties implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In July 1998, the UN HRC reviewed Israel's first...

Adalah Board Chairperson Muhammad Dahleh presented Adalah's report in Geneva to the UN CERD Committee on Israel's implementation of the Convention entitled "Legal Violations of Arab Minority Rights...

The Working Group on the Status of Palestinian Women of Israel, comprised of seven Palestinian women's and human rights NGOs and individual activists, submitted an NGO Report entitled "The Status...

Intensive negotiations undertaken by Adalah on behalf of the Association for the Development of Arab Education in Haifa with the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Municipality of Haifa have...

In May 2010, Adalah submitted an amended petition to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding the cancellation of regional “admissions committees”, which select their residents from among...

Carter Center Calls for End to East Jerusalem Deportations, Respect for International Law