Press Releases

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

Mr. Mahmud Alyan, a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, has been a journalist in Jerusalem for over 16 years; today he works as a photographer for Al Quds newspaper. He has been denied a press...

Tonight, 2 June, at close to 17:00, Adalah received a supplemental response from the Attorney General's office to the petition for habeas corpus and demand for information concerning the passengers...