Press Releases

Three security prisoners filed a motion to the Supreme Court today (January 8) requesting an additional en banc hearing on the Court’s recent ruling to uphold a sweeping ban on correspondence...

(Jerusalem) Adalah submitted an objection on behalf of the 'Anata Municipality to the Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee against a plan to construct a landfill in East Jerusalem, on...

(Jerusalem) Today, 30 December 2012, the Israeli Supreme Court unanimously ruled to cancel the Central Elections Committee’s (CEC) decision to disqualify Knesset Member (MK) Haneen Zoabi...

(Haifa, Israel) During a hearing held on 24 December 2012, the Israel Supreme Court rejected Adalah's appeal (Prisoner Appeal 2539/12) on behalf of Rawi Sultany (27 years-old), a Palestinian Arab...

MK Mohammad Barakeh (Hadash/Jabha) testified on 23 December 2012 before the Magistrates’ Court in Tel Aviv, during the first day of hearings of defense witnesses in the criminal case pending...

(Haifa, Israel) In a decision issued today, 26 December 2012, the Nazareth District Court rejected the preliminary arguments submitted by Adalah on behalf of Member of Knesset (MK) Sa'id Naffaa to...

(Jerusalem) Tomorrow, Thursday 27 December 2012, at 9 am the Israeli Supreme Court will hold a hearing on whether or not to uphold the Central Election Committee (CEC)'s decision to disqualify...

(Haifa) Today, 23 December 2012, the Magistrates' Court of Tel Aviv began hearing defense witnesses in two indictment charges against Arab Member of Knesset (MK) Mohammed Barakeh, Chair of the...

(Jerusalem) Tonight, 19 December 2012, the Central Elections Committee (CEC) approved motions submitted by the Likud to disqualify MK Haneen Zoabi from the upcoming Knesset elections by a majority...

Israeli state prosecutors have declined to investigate Nazaret Illit Mayor Shimon Gapso for racist remarks that he made against Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel. Mayor Gapso wrote a letter...

CEC Hearings to be held on Wednesday 19 December at 11:00am in the Knesset (Haifa, Israel) Adalah will appear before the Central Elections Commission (CEC) on Wednesday 19 December 2012...

Yesterday, 10 December 2012, following a petition from Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) on behalf of eight civil...

On 4 December 2012, an expanded panel of nine Supreme Court justices heard the final arguments on a case challenging the constitutionality of the discriminatory “Admissions Committee Law.” The...

(Haifa, Israel) At 9 am on Wednesday, 5 December 2012, the Israeli Supreme Court will hold the first hearing on a petition filed by Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)...

Israeli Supreme Court Hearing on Discriminatory ‘Admissions Committee Law’ to be held before 9 Justices Tuesday 4 December 2012, 9 am, Jerusalem (Haifa, Israel) At 9 am on Tuesday, 4 December...

3/12/2012: Defending cancellation of 51 demolition orders against Al-Sira (Beer el-Sabe District Court) 4/12/2012: Demanding cancellation of the “Admissions Committee Law” (Supreme Court)...

International Day of Persons with Disabilities: 3 December 2012 Israeli Government Must Address Gross Inequalities in Health and Educational Services for Arab Children with Special Needs

(East Jerusalem) On 26 and 27 November 2012, Adalah convened an international legal workshop on “Citizenship and Residency in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory”. The workshop...

Adalah has petitioned the District Court in Bir el-Sabe (Beersheva) to demand the cancellation of the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) decision to transfer 55 Arab Bedouin children in the Naqab...

The Israel Lands Administration (ILA) announced on 26 November 2012 that it was freezing the bidding process for building rights to five plots of land in Nazareth that condition eligibility for...