Press Releases

"Every movement of students from their entry to their departure from school exposes them to the risk of getting hurt."

Adalah & ACRI: The JNF's loyalty is not and cannot be for the benefit of the Israeli public; its principles prevent the transfer of land rights to non-Jewish people.

Adalah: This bill resembles the laws of history's criminal regimes, and seeks not only to humiliate human rights groups but also to incite against them.

The incident raises serious suspicion of the use of improper practices amounting to torture and cruel treatment, which are prohibited under Israeli law and international law.

Adalah: The police's contention that publishing the instructions could harm state security and threaten public order is baseless.

Adalah: "The current circumstances are severely affecting the children's personal and learning potential, and in turn their ability to socially integrate in school."

Adalah: "The order issued by the Defense Minister is a violation and crackdown on the Islamic Movement's rights to freedom of association and political expression, and harms the Palestinian-Arab...

Ewisat, 16, was killed by police gunfire on 17 October 2015 in the Jewish settlement of Armon HaNatziv in East Jerusalem. The killing was not filmed, and the family only learned of his death from...

Adalah: The decision is a strong indication that the Culture Ministry should reverse its own discriminatory and unlawful decision to freeze its funding of the theatre, which violates freedom of...

Mandatory minimum prison sentences for stone-throwing, and imposing fines and stripping the Palestinian child’s parents of social security benefits are all illegal sanctions

Adalah: "The aim of the continued detention of Mr. Khateeb is to intimidate and deeply frighten Palestinian society from using social media to express support for their own people."

Adalah: When the authorities impede exposure to opinions associated with the minority group, the result is the transformation of the cultural and artistic arena into a mouthpiece for the majority.

Adalah: Collective punishment undermines fundamental rights of residents to human dignity and freedom of movement, and violates international law

Investigations more important in light of statements by politicians and police officials praising actions by the police and calling on them to shoot and kill.

"International laws prohibit deportation of protected residents on the grounds of breach of loyalty, and prohibit the occupier from requiring them to swear allegiance to the occupying power."

No-one disputes the serious nature of the recent events. However, it seems that too often, police officers and soldiers are quick to shoot to kill.

Repressive police acts include arbitrary arrests of minors; 'preventive arrests' of activists; arrests of activists' family members; and severe physical violence against protestors.

Adalah & Addameer: "The police chose to use deadly weapons as the only option, as a first course of action instead of as a last resort."

This year's conference focused on issues of impunity concerning killing of civilians during 2014 Gaza War and in October 2000, and Israel’s “land grab” in Jerusalem.

15 years since the events of October 2000, the victims' cries still resonate against those responsible for their deaths, and the doctrine of violent repression remains ingrained in the Israeli...