Press Releases

Israel arrested then-13-year-old Ahmad Manasra in 2015; Manasra was abused during and after arrest; accused of attempted murder and initially sentenced to 12 years, he has been held in solitary...

Adalah: Over two decades later, Israel still grants sweeping impunity to its police and military forces, as well as for Israeli Jewish civilian vigilantes when Palestinians are killed or wounded

One of the complainants was hospitalized in intensive care with severe wounds. Adalah filed a complaint to Police Investigation Department in September 2021, but PID closed the investigation.

Two special needs children are forced to travel up to 14 kilometers in order to reach special education schools outside their village. Due to lack of transportation, their father has been forced to...

Right-wing Israeli groups seek to disqualify two Arab parties – The National Democratic Assembly (Balad/Tajammu') and the United Arab List (Ra'am) – from running in the upcoming parliamentary...

Israeli police had issued permit for the protest, then reneged, arresting five protesters and demolishing their tent; Rahat residents are protesting discriminatory policies of Israel’s Bedouin...

Israel will hold parliamentary (Knesset) elections on 1 November 2022. The elections will determine the composition of the 25th Knesset, which has 120 seats, as well as the prime minister. The 2022...

On 17 August 2022, the Israeli Military Commander in the West Bank rejected an objection filed by five leading Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations against the declaration of...

With the opening of the academic year - allegedly due to organizational conflict over the identity of the school's principal - the newly-inaugurated school was closed and its students remained home...

Israel had been holding the boat at Ashdod Port since seizing it off Gaza’s coast in February, directly harming the livelihoods and food security of seven Palestinian families in Gaza; court...

Israeli state authorities have issued eviction orders and displacement lawsuits targeting 78 residents of Al-Bqeaa in Naqab (Negev).

New Israeli regulations limit to 6-12 pages the length of objections submitted to planning and building committees.

In 2021, Haifa municipality funded school transport only for two private Jewish schools, while private Arab schools did not receive any budget designated for equipment and renovation.

Due to overcrowding in schools in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Wadi El-Na’am in the Naqab (Negev), and the lack of sufficient classrooms and proper learning conditions, dozens of...

Prevention of non-residents' entry into park began during COVID-19 restrictions, but has continued following complaints of Lehavim residents against Palestinian Bedouin non-resident visitors.

The discriminatory nationwide housing project offers discounted homes exclusively to selected career military personnel in what amounts to state-sponsored residential segregation.

In May 2021, B.M. was brutally beaten by Israeli police, and prevented from receiving emergency medical care during May 2021 events, despite him not being involved in any protests.

Adalah: Travel bans are illegal and violate rights to movement and fair procedure. The pretext of ‘secret materials’ does not make them legal. These orders must be rescinded immediately so...

Israel’s Internal Security Ministry intends to increase arrests and detention – until end of legal proceedings – by 15 percent in region largely populated by Palestinian Bedouin citizens;...

Defense of human rights is not terrorism. Israel is persisting in its declaration of prominent Palestinian civil society organizations as terrorist groups. Recently, the military put words into...