Press Releases

The plan reflects the state's discriminatory planning policies and practices towards Arab citizens of Israel. The plan violates basic principles of equality and distributive justice, as set out by...

The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, released, today, a special report "Exposed" which discusses violations of detainee...

(Haifa, Israel) On 8 July 2010, the Magistrate Court in Nazareth sentenced Dr. Omar Saeed, aPalestinian Arab citizens of Israel, pharmacological researcher and a political activist, to seven months...

(Haifa, Israel) Today, 1 July 2010, the legal defense team representing Ameer Makhoul, the director of "Ittijah", a network of Arab NGOs in Israel, and a human rights defender, submitted a...

Report reveals deteriorating status of the civil and political rights of the Arab minority in Israel through the further enactment of Discriminatory Laws, Restrictions on Human Rights Defenders and...

Joint Report by Adalah, Al Mezan and PHR-Israel to UN on Torture, Prisoners, the Lack of Investigations into Cast Lead and the Siege on Gaza including the Denial of Health Rights The UN Human...

The use of the Arabic language by court and state bodies and in official fora remains very limited, despite its official status. The official status of Arabic in Israel, alongside Hebrew, was...

On 27 May 2010, Adalah and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights sent a letter to the Israeli Attorney General (AG) and the Military Attorney General (MAG) demanding the opening of a criminal...

On 15 June 2010, the Supreme Court of Israel ruled on a petition filed in March 2006 by Adalah in its own name and on behalf of Bimkom – Planners for Planning Rights and the Negev Coexistence...

The General Director of the General Health Services (Kupat Holim Clalit) in the Southern District agreed in principle to open a health clinic in Tel Arad, an Arab Bedouin unrecognized village in...

In response to a letter sent by Adalah in November 2009, the National Insurance Institute (NII) announced that the tender for leasing a new building in Shafa'amr, an Arab town in the north of...

A new position paper by three human rights organizations, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-IL), Al-Mezan and Adalah, reviews Israel's exit policy at the Erez Crossing regarding Gaza patients...

On 13 May 2010, Adalah submitted its final arguments to the Haifa District Court (for Administrative Affairs) on a petition filed on behalf of 24 Arab residents of Daliyat al-Carmel to cancel the...

On Sunday, 20 June 2010, Adalah filed a motion for contempt of court to the Israeli Supreme Court against the Prime Minister due to the government's failure to implement the court's decision in the...

Attorney Hassan Jabareen, the General Director of Adalah: “The decision is dangerous for all Palestinians in Jerusalem since Israel can easily revoke their residency and deport them based on...

The GSS Must Cease Coercion of Palestinians Medical Students to Provide Information as a Condition for Granting them Permits to Practice in East Jerusalem Hospitals

On 13 June 2010, the Haifa District Court held a status hearing on the case of Ameer Makhoul, the general director of Ittijah, a network of Arab NGOs in Israel, and a human rights defender. Mr....

Defense Team Examines Possible Appeal (Haifa, Israel) This morning, Thursday, 3 June 2010, the Ashkelon Magistrates' Court decided to release a group of Arab political leaders — Mr. Muhammed...

Legal defense team: “The court’s decision to detain the Arab political leaders who took part in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla is discriminatory and constitutes selective prosecution. They...

Tonight, 2 June, at close to 17:00, Adalah received a supplemental response from the Attorney General's office to the petition for habeas corpus and demand for information concerning the passengers...