Press Releases

On 2 December 2009, Adalah held its annual briefing on legal developments and major Israeli Supreme Court cases concerning Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel for representatives of foreign...

Stop the Ban on Foreign Funding to NGOs

Following the Goldstone Report: Adalah, Al Mezan and Al Haq Submit New Complaints and Demands to Israel for Criminal Investigations into Suspected War Crimes in Gaza

Adalah and Physicians for Human Rights - Israel: Establish a health clinic for 2000 Arab Bedouin citizens of Israel living in the unrecognized village of Tel Arad in the Naqab (Negev), 19.11.2009...

On 1 November 2009, Adalah, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-I) and Haifa University’s Prisoners’ Rights Clinic submitted an updated motion to the Supreme Court of Israel on a petition...

* New law cancels upcoming elections and maintains government-appointed council * Law violates the rights of the Arab Bedouin citizens of Israel to equality and dignity. * Adalah sent an urgent...

On 22 October 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Deputy Minister of Health (MOH) demanding the reopening of the Mother and Child health clinic in the Arab Bedouin unrecognized village of...

On 5 November 2009, Adalah sent a letter to the Israeli Prime Minister, Justice Minister and Attorney General demanding that they implement the recommendation of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the...

On 4 November 2009, the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report) is scheduled to be tabled before the Plenary of the UN General Assembly in New...

On 1 November 2009, Adalah received a letter from the Attorney General (AG) of Israel, Menachem Mazuz, informing of his intention to indict MK Muhammed Barakeh, the Head of the Democratic Front for...

On 30 September 2009, Adalah sent a letter to the Employment Office , the Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, and the "Faithful Work" Center demanding that an order be issued for the equal...

Over three days, from 6-8 October 2009, Adalah held its 4th Annual Arab Law Students’ Conference at Neve Shalom-Wahat al-Salaam. Seventy law students from Israeli colleges and universities and Al...

Today, 27 October 2009, Adalah submitted an appeal to the Supreme Court of Israel on behalf of Walid Dakka, who is a Palestinian citizen of Israel classified by the Israel Prison Service as a...

On 30 September 2009, Adalah sent a letter to the Employment Office , the Minister of Industry and Trade and the "Faithful Work" Center demanding that an order be issued to equally reimburse the...

On 21 October 2009, Adalah submitted an appeal to the Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) District Court on behalf of Arab Bedouin residents of the unrecognized village of Umm al-Hieran to overturn the...

On 12 October 2009, the Haifa Administrative Court heard a petition submitted by Adalah against the National Council for Planning and Building in March 2009 on behalf of 43 residents of the village...

On 16 October 2009, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted a resolution endorsing the report and recommendations published by the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (the...

On behalf of the Israel Prison Service (IPS), the State Attorney General Office committed to providing the opportunity for Arab prisoners, especially those who are illiterate, to learn the Arabic...

On 13 October 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Minister of Internal Security, and the Chief Commander of the Israeli police demanding that they refrain from activating a new undercover...