Press Releases

On 19 December 2002, in an unprecedented move, Attorney General Elyakim Rubenstein submitted a motion to the Central Elections Committee (CEC) asking to disqualify the National Democratic Assembly...

On 8 December 2002, Adalah filed a petition to the Nazareth District Court seeking a declaratory judgment that Article 11D of Bar Ilan University's Disciplinary Code is invalid. This article states...

The Tel Aviv District Court decided to continue the hearing, begun today, on Adalah's petition to release Marwan Barghouti from solitary confinement. Judge David Bar-Ophir, the Deputy President of...

Today, Adalah filed a petition to the Tel Aviv District Court demanding that it overturn the Prisons Authority's decision to place Marwan Barghouti in solitary confinement for five days. The...

Yesterday, Adalah filed four prisoner's petitions to the Nazareth District Court on behalf of four political prisoners, against the Prisons Authority and the Open University of Israel. The...

Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Israel issued an order nisi requiring the state to explain, within 120 days, why not to include Arab towns in the government's 'Ofeq' program. This program aims to...

The motion is based on a report released by B'Tselem on 14 November 2002, entitled "Human Shield: Use of Palestinian Civilians as Human Shields in Violation of High Court Order." In its report,...

Today, Adalah demanded that the Disciplinary Committee of Safed College cancel the decision of the Administrative Committee to temporarily suspend Ms. Yassera Bakri from her studies at the college....

On 12 November 2002, Adalah submitted a pre-petition to the Attorney General's office, requesting that the families of detainees and prisoners from the West Bank currently being held in Israel be...

On 30 October 2002, the Nazareth District Court denied a prisoner's appeal filed by Adalah on behalf of Mr. Mohammed Zayed, who is currently incarcerated at Shata Prison. Adalah Staff Attorney...

On 28 October 2002, Adalah sent a letter to the Minister of Education, Limor Livnat, asking her not to implement the recommendations of the Shoshani Committee. Adalah Staff Attorney Gadeer Nicola...

On 22 October 2002, the Attorney General's office sent a letter to the Registrar of Associations, requesting that he respond a letter sent by Adalah to the Attorney General on 15 October 2002,...

On 28 October 2002, Adalah sent a letter to the Attorney General's office, on behalf of Archimandrite Theodosios (Atallah) Hanna, Spokesman of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem and the Holy...

The National Lawyers Guild (NLG), a voluntary association of thousands of progressive American lawyers and law students, invited and hosted Adalah for a two-week speaking tour in New York and...

The evidence submitted by the petitioners shows that conditions in Ansar III do not meet minimum standards for a detention facility. Ansar III is situated in the Naqab desert, which is exceedingly...

Today, the Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction freezing the implementation of a new law for 30 days, which would cut child allowances by 20% to families who do not serve in the military....

Adalah is pleased to announce the publication of a new volume of our legal journal, Adalah's Review, Volume 3 - Law and Violence. The essays in this volume attempt to offer an understanding of the...

On 10 September 2002, Adalah learned from media reports that the Israeli prison authorities ordered the Open University (a correspondence school) to refuse the enrollment of all Palestinian...

On 5 September 2002, Adalah sent a letter to Attorney General Elyakim Rubenstein demanding that the recently reconvened Demography Council be denied government funding or support, and that a total...

Yesterday, Minister of Interior Eli Yishai signed a special decree officially revoking the citizenship of Mr. Nihad Abu Kishik, an Arab citizen of Israel. This unprecedented decision makes Mr. Abu...