Press Releases

On 14 September 2003, Adalah sent a letter to the Director of the Ministry of Justice Police Investigation Unit ("Mahash"), Attorney Herzel Shviro, inquiring as to whether Mahash intends to...

Yesterday, 7 September 2003, Adalah sent a letter to the Chief of Police Shlomo Aharonishky, Minister of Internal Security Tzachi Hanegbi, and Attorney General Elyakim Rubenstein demanding that...

Following a thorough review and study of the 831-page report of the Commission of Inquiry, headed by Justice Theodor Or, Adalah has many reservations regarding numerous issues raised. In...

Yesterday, 24 August 2003, the Supreme Court ordered the Ministry of Education (MOE) to provide two appropriate classrooms for hearing impaired Arab children, citizens of Israel, within one week,...

Yesterday, 18 August 2003, Adalah sent a letter to Attorney General (AG) Elyakim Rubenstein demanding that he order the opening of an investigation into the death of Mr. Hamad Dibsan, a 30 year-old...

UN CERD Committee Urges Israel to Revoke New Ban on Family Unification Law On 15 August 2003 the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) on behalf of its member and partner organisations in...

On 14 August 2003, the Supreme Court of Israel by Justice Eliyahu Matza, denied the request of Attorney General Elyakim Rubenstein and the Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Lod, Ramle, and Natseret Illit...

UN Human Rights Committee to Israel: Revoke New Ban on Family Unification Law and Investigate, Prosecute, and Punish Incitement against Arab Citizens of the State On 6 August 2003, the United...

Yesterday, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel challenging the constitutionality of a new law that prohibits the granting of residency or citizenship status to Palestinians...

Today, by a vote of 53 in favor, 25 against, and one abstention, the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) passed a new law titled, "Nationality and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) - 2003."...

Adalah announces the publication of a new English-language report, "October 2000 - Law and Politics before the Or Commission of Inquiry." Written by Adalah Attorney Marwan Dalal, the report...

On 22 July 2003, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel concerning the failure of the Ministry of Education (MOE) to appoint counselors for Arab Bedouin students in the Naqab...

On 14 July 2003, Adalah provided testimony at hearings before the Knesset Internal Affairs and Environment Committee regarding a new government bill titled, "Proposed Nationality and Entry into...

Tomorrow, Thursday 17 July 2003 at 11:30 a.m., the Supreme Court of Israel will hold hearings on petitions filed by Adalah on behalf of 14 families of Palestinian citizens of Israel and their...

Today at 11:30 a.m., the Supreme Court of Israel will hear a petition challenging the legality of the Israel army's use of Palestinian civilians as human shields and/or as hostages during the...

On 6 July 2003, Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel submitted a petition to the Nazareth District Court on behalf of a prisoner requesting that the Court instruct the Israel...

On 10 June 2003, Adalah, in cooperation with the Committee for the Defence of Land Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in the Naqab, submitted an objection on behalf of eleven Arab Bedouin...

On 10 June 2003, the Haifa District Court, sitting as a special water tribunal, instructed Mekorot, the Israeli National Water Company, to renew the water supply for two weeks to the Abu Krenat...

On 29 May 2003, the Nazareth District Court ruled that political prisoners should be allowed to continue taking courses in political science, humanities and social sciences offered by the Open...

In a letter received by Adalah on 30 May 2003, the Minister of Interior, Avraham Poraz, instructed the Director of the Ministry of Interior's Population Administration to permit nine members of the...