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Adalah Asks for Investigation into Hebrew University Ban on Arab Student

2003-03-05

On 26 February 2003, Adalah sent a letter to Prof. Hannah Rahamimoff, Dean of Students at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, asking her to open an investigation into a decision by the head of the...

Adalah Asks for Criminal Investigation into ILA's Destruction of Crops in the Naqab

2003-03-04

This morning, without prior warning, helicopters belonging to the Israel Lands Administration's (ILA) so-called "Green Patrol" sprayed toxic chemicals on more than 1500 dunams (375 acres) of crops...

Human Rights Organizations Argue that Military "Assistance Order" Amounts to Continued Use of Palestinian Civilians as Human Shields

2003-03-03

Soon after the petition was filed, the Attorney General's office announced that the Israeli army would issue an order banning the use of Palestinian civilians as human shields, and would clarify...

Adalah Asks University of Haifa to Cancel Ban on Arab Student Leader

2003-02-26

Yesterday, Adalah sent a letter to the University of Haifa seeking the cancellation of an order issued by the university's security department on 13 May 2002. The order barred Ms. Kholud Badawi,...

Adalah Intervenes on Behalf of Spanish Solidarity Delegation Denied Entry to Israel

2003-02-26

On 21 February 2003, a 14-member delegation from the Spanish solidarity group Al-Quds Malaga arrived in Israel at the invitation of Ittijah: The Union of Arab Community-Based Organizations, and a...

Supreme Court Rules that New Measures to Increase Water Access for Unrecognized Villages in the Naqab Are Sufficient - Adalah Argues that More Must be Done

2003-02-20

On 16 February 2003, the Supreme Court of Israel dismissed a petition filed by Adalah in May 2001, demanding access to clean drinking water for thousands of Palestinian Bedouin citizens of Israel...

On 16 February 2003, the Supreme Court of Israel dismissed a petition filed by Adalah in May 2001, demanding access to clean drinking water for thousands of Palestinian Bedouin citizens of Israel living in seven unrecognized villages in the Naqab (Negev). The Supreme Court ruled that certain measures taken by the state, as a result of the filing of the petition, provided sufficient remedies to meet the petitioners' demands. These measures included: (i) the establishment of an inter-ministerial Water Committee. While the state initially argued that only individual families could approach the Committee, it later conceded to Adalah's position that the acute lack of water for so many people required collective action. As such, the Water Committee has agreed to hear requests for water points from groups of 10 or more families; and (ii) the establishment of additional water access points for the unrecognized villages. The petition was filed by Adalah Staff Attorney Marwan Dalal on behalf of Palestinian Bedouin citizens of Israel living in seven unrecognized villages in the Naqab, the Regional Council for Unrecognized Villages in the Naqab, the Association of Forty, the Galilee Society, Physicians for Human Rights - Israel, and in Adalah's own name. The seven unrecognized villages represented by the petitioners are Abu Tlul, Shahbi, Wadi el-Neem, El-Gara, Em Tnan, Em Batin, and Drejat. Adalah's petition charged that the National Infrastructure Minister, the Water Commissioner, the Israeli Water Company, the Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, and the Interior Minister are maintaining a policy of denying clean and accessible water to these unrecognized villages. Most residents of these unrecognized villages obtained water via improvised, plastic hose hook- ups or unhygienic metal containers, which are used to transport the water from a single water point located on main roads quite far from their homes. The petition included an expert opinion from a med

2003-02-18

Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Israel issued an unprecedented ruling on a motion and petition filed by Adalah in March 2002 on behalf of MK Azmi Bishara and the National Democratic Assembly (NDA)...

Supreme Court Cancels Statements Made in a Prior Judgment Against MK Bishara and the NDA Party

2003-02-18

Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Israel issued an unprecedented ruling on a motion and petition filed by Adalah in March 2002 on behalf of MK Azmi Bishara and the National Democratic Assembly (NDA)...

Adalah Asks Israel Lands Administration Council to Cancel Decision Giving Leasing Discount to Discharged Soldiers

2003-02-12

Last week, Adalah sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Israel, the Attorney General, the Finance Minister and the Israel Lands Administration Council (ILAC), asking that the Council cancel its...

Adalah Asks Attorney General to Prevent Destruction of Naqab Homes and Religious Buildings

2003-02-06

Yesterday, Adalah sent a letter to Attorney General Elyakim Rubenstein protesting the demolition, earlier that day, of a mosque in the unrecognized Arab village of Tel el-Malah, in the Naqab...

Supreme Court Refuses Adalah's Request to Appeal Bereaved Father's Sentence

2003-02-02

On 29 January 2003, the Supreme Court of Israel dismissed a motion filed two days earlier by Adalah on behalf of Mr. Abdel-Menem Abu Saleh. The motion sought permission to appeal against a more...

Supreme Court Permits Israeli Army to Use Palestinians Civilians as "Assistants" With Their Consent

2003-01-29

At a hearing held on 21 January 2003, the Supreme Court limited an injunction currently in place, which prohibits the Israeli army from using Palestinian civilians in the 1967 Occupied Territories...

Interior Minister Agrees to Return Confiscated Identity Cards of Palestinian Women Citizens of Israel for Purposes of Voting in the Upcoming Elections

2003-01-26

On 21 January 2003, Adalah filed an urgent pre-petition to the State Attorney's Office demanding that the Interior Ministry immediately return the identity cards of Palestinian women, citizens of...

Supreme Court Approves the Participation of NDA and MKs Azmi Bishara and Ahmad Tibi in the Upcoming Israeli Elections

2003-01-09

This morning, the Supreme Court of Israel ruled to reject three disqualification decisions issued by the Central Elections Committee (CEC). The Court approved the participation of the National...

Supreme Court Hearings Today on Adalah's Appeal Against NDA Disqualification

2003-01-07

Today, an 11-justice panel of the Supreme Court of Israel will hold hearings on an appeal filed by Adalah on behalf of the National Democratic Assembly (NDA) against the decision of the Central...

Supreme Court Hearings Today on Adalah's Concluding Arguments Against Disqualification of MK Ahmad Tibi

2003-01-07

Today, an 11-justice panel of the Supreme Court of Israel will hold hearings on concluding arguments submitted by Adalah on behalf of MK Dr. Ahmad Tibi (Ta'al) against the decision of the Central...

CEC Disqualifies the NDA List and MKs Azmi Bishara and Ahmad Tibi – Adalah to Represent at Supreme Court Hearings on 7 January 2003

2003-01-02

This week, the Central Elections Committee (CEC) voted to disqualify the National Democratic Assembly (NDA) and its leader Member of Knesset (MK) Dr. Azmi Bishara, as well as MK Dr. Ahmad Tibi...

Israeli Army Continues to Breach Supreme Court Injunction Prohibiting Use of Palestinian Civilians as Human Shields

2002-12-25

In the submission, the petitioners presented four new cases documented by B'Tselem which detail the continued use of Palestinian civilians as human shields, despite an injunction issued by the...

Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Protesting Inhumane Detention Conditions at Ansar III

2002-12-24

The Supreme Court dismissed a petition submitted by seven Palestinian detainees and ten Palestinian and Israeli human rights organizations protesting the inhumane conditions faced by close to 1,000...

Adalah Demands that Interior Minister Rescind Order to Close Islamic Movement Newspaper

2002-12-23

Yesterday, Adalah sent a letter to Interior Minister Eliyahu Yishai demanding that he rescind his closure order, issued the same day, against Sawt Al-Haqq Wal-Hurriya. This newspaper is affiliated...