Press Releases

On 7 October 2010, Adalah submitted a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court demanding the annulment of amendment No. 113 to the National Insurance Law, which passed on 14 July 2009 and which will...

(Haifa, Israel) Tonight, 4 October 2010, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected Adalah's appeal on behalf Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire and ordered her deportation. In doing so, the Court, by...

Ms. Maguire Remains in Detention for Six Days and in Failing Health Supreme Court Hearing in Jerusalem Tomorrow Monday 4 October 2010 at 9:00 AM (Haifa, Israel) This morning, Sunday 3 October 2010,...

Position paper: The unconstitutionality of the state's policy of demolishing Arab Bedouin unrecognized villages in the Negev (Naqab)

Central District Court Will Conduct Full Hearing on Friday 1 October 2010, 11:00AM – Maguire Remains in Detention (Haifa, Israel) Just after midnight on Wednesday 29 September 2010, Israeli...

(Haifa, Israel) This morning, Tuesday 28 September 2010, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ms. Mairead Maguire from Ireland was detained at Ben Gurion Airport and refused entry to Israel. Adalah will...

Arab students comprise only 9.6% of the student body in institutions of higher education in Israel; only 6.7% of civil service employees are Arab The increased use of military service as a...

(Haifa, Israel) In response to petitions submitted by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and Adalah, the Israeli Supreme Court decided on 15 September 2010 that Amendment 146 to the Income...

(Haifa, Israel) On 6 September 2010, the Haifa District Court issued a temporary injunction ordering the Northern District Planning Committee and the National Council for Building and Planning not...

(Haifa, Israel) Tomorrow, 6 September 2010 at 9 am, the Israeli Supreme Court will hold a hearing regarding the State of Israel's attempt to deport three Palestinian parliamentarians from the...

(Haifa, Israel) On 1 September 2010, Adalah sent a letter to the head of Human Resources of the Israeli Police, Amihai Shai, regarding Shahar Mizrahi, the Israeli police officer convicted of...

Media reports and testimonies from passengers reveal only the partial return of personal belongings to owners. Bags were returned unmarked and items were missing. No electronic devices have been...

(Haifa, Israel) Following a Supreme Court petition submitted by Adalah in December 2009, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on 11 August 2010 that two of the three mother and-child clinics...

UN Human Rights Committee urges Israel to ensure detainees immediate access to counsel, repeal Unlawful Combatants Law, reinstate family visits to Gaza prisoners, lift blockade on Gaza, launch...

(Haifa, Israel) On 29 July 2010, the UN Human Rights Committee, which monitors the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), issued its Concluding...

(Amman, Jordan) On 29 July 2010, Adalah's General Director Attorney Hassan Jabareen and Adalah Attorney Fatmeh El-‘Ajou appeared before the Independent Experts Committee appointed by the UN High...

(Beer el-Sabe, Israel) Residents of the Arab Bedouin unrecognized village al-Araqib in the Naqab (Negev) in the south of Israel were woken up at dawn on 27 July 2010 to find themselves surrounded...

New submission to UN Committee Against Torture by Adalah, PHR-I and Al Mezan

Makhoul's defense team submitted a motion to the court on 11 July 2010, requesting that they be allowed to meet with their client confidentially, as required by law. His attorneys also demanded...

Adalah: "Granting a pardon to Officer Mizrahi and not compelling him to serve his prison sentence is a green light for all police officers to use force illegally without fear of being held...