Press Releases

Despite the Israel Prison Service's (IPS) clear legal obligation to provide books to prisoners through prison sales centers (“canteens”), they continue to fail to make Arabic books available,...

On 26 November 2010, Adalah sent a letter to the chair of the Knesset's Committee of Internal Affairs, MK David Azoulay, to demand that a bill to amend the Citizenship Law should be rejected. The...

In recent weeks the Israeli National Insurance Institute (NII) has begun to transfer disability payments to 500 beneficiaries from Gaza, after their cancellation at the beginning of 2009. The NII...

In a rare move, the National Council for Planning and Building (NCPB) met in Jerusalem on 16 November 2010, as requested by Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu's office, to reconsider its decision...

A sentencing hearing will be held for Ameer Makhoul, the director of Ittijah – The Union of Arab Community-Based Organizations and a human rights defender, on Wednesday 20 December 2010 in...

On 3 November 2010, Adalah submitted a pre-petition to the Attorney General's Office demanding the establishment of the first elementary school in the unrecognized Arab Bedouin village of Swawin...

Adalah requests urgent action from UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing to address housing challenges of Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel

(Haifa, Israel) Today, 7 November 2010, Member of Knesset (MK) Haneen Zoabi (National Democratic Assembly-Balad), Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) submitted a petition...

(Haifa, Israel) On Sunday 7 November 2010, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation will discuss a new private member's bill entitled, “The Bill for Protecting the Values of the State of...

On 27 October 2010, the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee approved the second and third readings of the proposed Admissions Committees Law - 2010, which would permit state-owned...

UN Committee to Hold Preliminary Review of Israel in November 2010 On 25 October 2010, Adalah submitted an NGO report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (“the...

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the October 2000 killings, during which 13 unarmed Arab youth were shot dead by Israeli police and security forces during protest demonstrations in Israel,...

(Haifa, Israel) On 19 October 2010, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Israeli Minister of Tourism, the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General to demand that a recently-tabled Knesset bill...

(Haifa, Israel) On 12 October 2010, the Supreme Court confirmed an agreement reached between Adalah and the Israel Prison Service (IPS) that the IPS should provide Arabic language education and...

(Haifa, Israel) On 24 October 2010, Adalah and the Arab Center for Alternative Planning (ACAP) submitted an objection to the Detailed Regional Plan – K'far Vradim (the plan). K'far Vradim is...

In a letter to MK David Rotem, the Chairman of the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, dated 21 October 2010, Adalah demanded that a new bill, which amends the Criminal Procedure...

(Haifa, Israel) On 14 October 2010, the State Attorney's Office announced that new procedures will be implemented and regulations formulated to allow prisoners to submit joint petitions to courts...

UN Committee to Hold Preliminary Review of Israel in November 2010 On 25 October 2010, Adalah submitted an NGO report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (“the...

Adalah: “The publication of bids and the submission of new detailed plans for Harish before the approval of master plan indicate that the planning authorities do not intend to examine the...

Last night, 10 October 2010, the Israeli government approved a new amendment to the Citizenship Law which would require all non-Jews seeking citizenship via the naturalization process to declare an...