Press Releases

Lawyers: IBA move, pushed through in a hasty and underhanded manner, is strictly political in motive and is seemingly intended to advocate Israeli government positions entrenching occupation.

Palestinian citizens of Israel constitute approximately 20 percent of total population; Adalah sends urgent letter to Health Ministry on behalf of MK Sami Abu Shehadeh demanding immediate...

Education Ministry director general met with two Shin Bet agents in November 2019 to discuss Arab education, youth movements, and ‘extremist’ teachers; Adalah to ministry: Hand over transcripts...

Video of Israeli armored bulldozer dragging a person near southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis documents violation of international law.

School transportation for children from 20 villages in Naqab (Negev) region ground to sudden halt after regional council blames Israeli Education Ministry for failing to transfer funds.

Adalah: 5-4 decision clearly demonstrates the fragility of the political rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel and their elected representatives; disqualification motions have one sole purpose -...

During Supreme Court hearing, Israeli authorities revealed official police procedure included checking passengers for 'suspicious indicators', which apparently included ethnic and racial indicators...

'Deal of the Century' gives green light to Israel's illegal annexation of West Bank; Adalah: Plan is no more than joint U.S.-Israel effort to impose Israeli government's vision for territory in...

Adalah lawyers represented MK Yazbak in Supreme Court on Wednesday for hearing on election disqualifications; Adalah: We hope court will make decision based on legal parameters and won't be subject...

Human rights NGOs call on Israeli Supreme Court to halt racist security checks on public bus that passes through Ashkelon's medical center.

Preschool kids from 20 villages in Neve Midbar Regional Council have been stuck at home for three days; Adalah demands Israeli Education Ministry and regional council immediately renew buses.

Israel disclosed chemicals include glyphosate (‘Roundup’), declared a ‘probable carcinogen’ by WHO and banned in many countries; Gisha, Al Mezan, Adalah: spraying threatens right to life,...

International Criminal Court chief prosecutor: Israel has been and is continuing to commit war crimes in West Bank – including East Jerusalem – and in Gaza Strip; potential cases would be...

Adalah: This change in perception is historic. For the first time, Israel is defined by a UN expert committee as a regime that exercises apartheid practices against Palestinians on both sides of...

On Int'l Human Rights Day, Adalah releases new report exposing Israel's plan to 'urgently' evict Palestinian Bedouin in the Naqab (Negev) from their homes with no permanent, just housing solutions.

In an oral statement before the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), in advance of its review of Israel, Adalah representative, Attorney Soheir Asaad detailed how the...

Adalah & ACRI petition Supreme Court arguing that the Internet Referral Unit cannot submit “voluntary” requests in order to bypass the law.

Newly-appointed defense minister ordered all bodies of Palestinians, who attacked or who are alleged to have attacked Israelis, to be withheld and not returned to their families.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: “The establishment of Israeli civilian settlements in the West Bank is not per se inconsistent with international law”.

UN CESCR: Israeli law violates int'l treaty, recommends restoring Arabic's official status, & details Israeli violations of Bedouin rights; Israel obligated to defend Nation-State Law before UN...