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UN Special Session on Goldstone Report Adalah to Give Statement on Lack of Accountability for Palestinians Victims in Gaza

2009-10-14

Haifa, 14 October 2009) Tomorrow, Thursday 15 October and Friday 16 October 2009, the UN Human Rights Council will hold a special session in Geneva, as requested by the Palestinian Authority, in...

Adalah to Finance Minister: Lack of Transparency Surrounding the Work of the Board of Trustees of Waqf Properties in Haifa and Criteria for Appointing its

2009-10-12

On 5 October 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to Israeli Minister of Finance Yuval Steinitz, and the government official responsible for the Islamic waqf in Israel, demanding that the appointment...

Human Rights Organizations Urge States at UN Human Rights Council to Support Goldstone Report on Gaza and Demand Accountability for Victims

2009-09-30

On 29 September 2009, Israeli, Palestinian, and international human rights organizations at an event held at the 12th session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland called upon States to...

Adalah Petitions District Court Demanding that Education Ministry Provides Personal Assistant to Disabled Arab Bedouin Child during School Hours

2009-09-30

On 15 August 2009, Adalah submitted a petition to the Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) Administrative Court demanding that it compel the Ministry of Education (MOE) to allocate a personal assistant to an...

Education Ministry Ignores Israeli Supreme Court Decision Ordering the Opening of the First High School in Arab Bedouin Unrecognized Village of Abu Tulul in the Naqab

2009-09-29

Adalah in Supplemental Petition to Supreme Court: Non-Implementation of Court Decision Reveals State Contempt of Court On 22 September 2009, Adalah filed a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel...

New Adalah Report Reveals how Israeli Police, Prosecutor, GSS and Courts Suppressed Protests by Arab Citizens of Israel against Military Attacks on Gaza

2009-09-22

ine Years after the October 2000 Events, Demonstrators Suppressed in the Same Way (Haifa, Israel) Today, 22 September 2009, Adalah published a report which exposes the ways in which the Israeli law...

Adalah to Supreme Court: Prohibiting Palestinian Arab Prisoner Citizen of Israel from Marrying Palestinian Woman Prisoner from the OPT is Illegal

2009-09-18

On 9 September 2009, Adalah filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of Israel on behalf of Mr. Muayad Bushnak, a Palestinian Arab citizen of Israel imprisoned in an Israeli prison, against a decision...

Adalah to Supreme Court: Arab Landowners of Lajoun Entitled to Return of their Private Property Confiscated by the State in 1953

2009-09-18

On 10 September 2009, the Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing on an appeal filed by Adalah on behalf of 486 Arab landowners in Lajoun against a 2007 District Court decision, which refused their...

Following Lawsuit by Adalah, Sawt el-Amel and the Tel Aviv University Human Rights Clinic, Labor Court Issues Temporary Injunction Preventing Dismissal of Arab Railway Workers

2009-09-17

On 9 September 2009, the Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court issued a temporary injunction preventing the firing of Arab railway inspectors by the Israel Railway Company on the grounds that they have not...

Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Support Work and Recommendations of UN Fact Finding Mission: Demand Effective Judicial Redress and the Protection of Victims’ Rights

2009-09-16

As Palestinian human rights organizations, we welcome the report by the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Fact Finding Mission) , released on 15 September 2009 and...

Human Rights Groups in Israel Provide Initial Response to Goldstone Report: Israel Must Initiate Independent Investigation into 'Operation Cast Lead'

2009-09-15

With the publication of the Goldstone Committee report today , 15.9.09, human rights organizations in Israel are studying the report and its conclusions. They call upon the Israeli Government to...

Trying to Go Back to School: Misgav Regional Council in the North and Beer el-Sabe Municipality in the South Cancel or Place Undue Barriers on Transport for Arab Students

2009-09-06

On 1 September 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Misgav Regional Council and the Ministry of Education demanding the resumption of bus transport for 10 Arab students from the unrecognized...

The "Ofer" Prison Administration forces Palestinian Women to Strip Completely Naked as a Condition to Visit their Incarcerated Relatives

2009-09-04

In a letter to the Israel Prison Service (IPS) and the Ofer prison administration dated 1 September 2009, Adalah demanded that they immediately stop the humiliating physical inspection practiced by...

Following Demand for Criminal Investigation by Adalah, Al-Haq and Al Mezan, Israeli Military Police Begin Probe into Killing and Wounding of Palestinians Carrying White Flags during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza

2009-09-03

The Israeli authorities open investigation into Abed-Rabbo On 2 September 2009, the Israeli military police interviewed Mr. Khalid Abed-Rabbo and his mother, Mrs. Su'ad Abed-Rabbo, at the Erez...

Al Mezan, Adalah and Others Petition Israeli Supreme Court to Order National Insurance Institute to Transfer Disability Payments Owed to Palestinian Workers in the Gaza Strip Immediately

2009-08-27

On 27 August 2009, the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza and Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel against the freeze of “national insurance” disability...

Adalah and Haifa University Prisoners’ Rights Clinic: State Prosecutor is Systematically Violating the Rights of Prisoners to Fair Trial Procedures

2009-08-26

On 23 August 2009, Adalah in cooperation with the Prisoners’ Rights and Rehabilitation Clinic at the University of Haifa sent a letter to the Minister of Justice , the Attorney General and...

Adalah to Defense Minister: The Right of Arab Citizens of Israel to Visit their Families in Gaza during Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr is a Constitutional Right

2009-08-26

On 25 August 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak and Commander of the Israeli Army Southern Command, Yoav Galant, demanding that Palestinian Arab citizens...

“Green Patrol” Inspector Assaults Elderly Arab Bedouin Woman from the Naqab and Destroys her Tent

2009-08-23

On 10 August 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Director of the “Green Patrol” and the legal advisor to the Israel Land Administration (ILA) demanding that they immediately...

Following Adalah's Intervention Education Ministry Commits to Opening an Arab High School in Led (Lod) for the 2009/2010 School Year

2009-08-18

The Ministry of Education (MOE) has committed to opening a high school for Arab students in the city of Led (Lod) in Israel in the coming school year. The written commitment came in response to a...

ILA and JNF should stop plan to build forest on ruins of Bedouin village

2009-08-13

On 5 August 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Director of the Israel Land Administration (ILA) and Jewish National Fund (JNF) officials in the south of Israel demanding that they...