Press Releases

On 1 January 2009, the Haifa District Court approved a settlement reached between Adalah and the Municipality of Carmiel, located in the north of Israel, concerning the teaching of driving in the...

Attacking Civilian Government Institutions and Buildings Violates International Humanitarian Law

Adalah to AG: Bombing Civilian Neighborhoods and Killing and Injuring Civilians in Gaza Constitute War Crimes

On 31 December 2008, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Attorney General (AG) demanding that he order the General Security Services (GSS or the "Shabak") to cease the summoning of Arab leaders of...

In the afternoon on 1 January 2009, the Israeli police released the actors Hanan Helou and Saleh Bakri from detention. They had been arrested the night before at a demonstration in Haifa where...

Today, 31 December 2008, Adalah submitted a pre-petition to the Attorney General and the Director of the Israel Prisons Service (IPS) demanding that the Palestinian detainees and political...

Physicians for Human Rights-Israel and a coalition of 10 human rights organisations based in Israel, including Adalah, request your immediate personal intervention on behalf of six of the sick and...

Adalah has taken action against the detention and arrests of numerous protestors participating in demonstrations against the Israeli attacks on Gaza over the past few days. During a protest staged...

A letter to the Member State of the UN Human Rights Council

Adalah has established an emergency hotline to respond to and monitor the consequences of the ongoing attacks by the Israeli military in Gaza. Fearing the use of police violence against...

On 9 December 2008, the UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) released a report on its recent review of Israel held on 4 December 2008. Most of the...

On 17 December 2008, the Attorney General's office (AG) responded to a petition submitted by Adalah to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding the construction of a safe access road to the primary...

On 15 and 16 December 2008, the United Nations (UN) held the inaugural session of the new Forum on Minority Issues in Geneva focusing on the issue of education and minorities. Around 100...

Today, 15 December 2008, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Israeli Minister of Interior, Meir Shitreet and Attorney General (AG) Menachem Mazuz, demanding that they lift the ban imposed on...

On 4 December 2008, Israel underwent review for the first time by the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Many issues highlighted...

On 4 December 2008, Adalah sent a letter to Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak and Attorney General Menachem Mazuz demanding that they immediately allow international aid and development...

On 3 December 2008, Adalah sent a letter to the Israeli Minister of Finance, Roni Bar-On, and Attorney General Menachem Mazuz, demanding that they cancel the confiscation of a plot of land...

On 25 November 2008, Adalah submitted a pre-petition to the Director of the Israel Prison Service (IPS) and the Attorney General demanding that the IPS end discrimination against Palestinian...

The Ministry of Education (MOE), the Abu-Basma Regional Council and the Director of the Authority for Bedouin Settlement in the Negev have been ordered to respond by 4 December 2008 to a petition...

Today 27 November 2008, the Supreme Court of Israel rejected a petition filed by the Movement for Quality Government in Israel which demanded the cancellation of the local election results in the...