Press Releases

Gisha and Adalah to Israel's Maritime Court: Israeli restrictions in Gaza’s sea space are illegal. Israel has no legal authority to seize boats in Gaza, let alone to permanently confiscate them.

Petitioners to continue the legal battle against the discriminatory policy that still excludes Arab localities in greater need of benefits than neighboring Jewish towns that receive them.

In a letter sent to the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, objecting to the proposed bill granting the Minister the authority to order draconian measures, Adalah argued that the law is a racist...

On 8 June 2023, Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, sent a letter to Israel's Attorney General, Gali Baharav-Miara, on behalf of Baladna, a Palestinian youth...

In response to a letter from Adalah, Israel's Cabinet Secretary stated, "Israel has the right to impose its sovereignty over these areas, as they hold significant historical importance for the...

Adalah: “Is the [State] permitted to uproot a Bedouin village that has existed for many decades, that is home to hundreds of residents, Bedouin citizens of the state, in order to settle another...

The Israel Land Authority wants to evacuate the residents of Al-Bqea’ah from the land they have lived on for generations and move them to a government-planned Bedouin township. These planned...

Three children were killed and two were injured during an Israeli airstrike on the Shuheibar family home. Nine years later, and despite repeated demands by Adalah and Al Mezan, no investigation has...

According to the report, excessive use of force by Israeli police against Palestinian protestors, and the politicized detentions and indictments that followed, are indicative of a two-tiered,...

Arab towns suffer from an acute housing crisis- the result of a long-standing, deliberate discriminatory state policy of planning, housing and development. The bill will have far-reaching...

In a new position paper, Adalah analyzes a series of recent measures by the current Israeli government which constitute annexation of the West Bank and a clear policy to extend the regime of Jewish...

Adalah: The proposed law joins a series of measures designed to entrench racial segregation and advance the annexation of the West Bank.

The appeal to Israeli authorities, sent by Adalah on behalf of displaced residents of Tantura and the Tantura committee, relies on a new extensive investigation by the research agency Forensic...

After legal intervention coordinated by Adalah, all seven detainees were released with conditions and were issued a 10-day restraining order preventing them from returning to their village. Adalah:...

Adalah demands a criminal investigation against the police officers who unlawfully raided the branch and confiscated the flags.

Archival documents provide clear evidence that the proposed U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem is planned to be built on land that was illegally confiscated by Israel from Palestinian families who have...

The petitioners argue that the Minister’s actions during his first months in office reinforce the notion that the amendment politicizes the police, that it is contrary to the fundamental...

Adalah: The decision expands Israel's two separate law enforcement systems based on ethnic and national affiliation and aims to institutionalize the cooperation between armed Jewish-Israeli...

Adalah files appeal against closure of PID probe into Israeli police brutality in Nazareth during the May 2021 events.

Adalah: the proposed bill demonstrates a clear intent to commit international criminal acts under the Rome Statute of the ICC