Press Releases

On 30 July 2008, Adalah sent a letter to the Attorney General on behalf of the Municipality of Tamra demanding the establishment of a technological education center/transitional school for the Arab...

State Announces to Supreme Court: There will be no Implementation of the National Priority Areas Decision in the Coming Year On 29 July 2008, the state announced to the Supreme Court of Israel that...

On 27 July 2008, Adalah petitioned the Nazareth District Court on behalf of the Mr. Walid Daka, a Palestinian Arab citizen of Israel and a political prisoner, seeking conjugal rights in order to...

On 28 July 2008, the Knesset enacted the Citizenship Bill (Amendment No. 9) into law. The letter, which follows, was sent to the Members of the Knesset, prior to the enactment of the law urging...

“Preventing detainees from meeting their attorneys for long periods of time and not allowing judicial review of detention orders for 28 days place detainees in great danger, as meeting with...

On 9 July 2008, Adalah sent a letter to the Head of the Southern District of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Director of the Ministry of Agriculture demanding the designation of pastures for...

Adalah: “The Mivtahim Company acted as the state’s agent for the purpose of effecting the confiscation, and is not entitled to exploit the confiscation procedures in order to sell the...

On 15 July 2008, the Supreme Court of Israel issued an order nisi which directed the Israel Prison Service (IPS) to explain its policy of not allowing political prisoners, who are classified under...

The Petitioners Demand that a Special School for the Arts be Opened by 1 September 2008 Following a Supreme Court petition that was filed by Adalah and the Association for the Development of Arab...

On 6 July 2008, Adalah sent a letter to the Israeli Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense and the Attorney General demanding the cancellation of an order issued by the Defense Minister Ehud Barak...

On 1 July 2008, a 21-8 majority of the Israeli Knesset approved an extension to the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) for an additional year until July 2009. The Knesset...

Adalah: “The Mivtahim Company acted as the state’s agent for the purpose of effecting the confiscation, and is not entitled to exploit the confiscation procedures in order to sell the...

Today, 29 June 2008, the Supreme Court of Israel ordered the state to notify the court within 30 days of its intention to implement the Supreme Court's decision from February 2006 regarding the...

Adalah: Mr. Nebari was shot dead in the West Bank, in circumstances indicating the commission of criminal offenses by the Israeli military. Handing down its decision today, the Israeli Supreme...

Today, 24 June 2008, Adalah and the local council of the Arab village of Jisr al-Zarqa filed a petition to the District Court in Tel Aviv demanding that the village be connected to the main,...

The Attorney General (AG) of Israel, Menachem Mazuz, responded to a letter sent by Adalah on 10 April 2008 in which the organization demanded that directives be issued to the General Security...

Preventing family visits has in practice led to the complete isolation of approximately 1,000 Palestinian prisoners from the outside world Today, 17 June 2008, Adalah filed a petition to the...

On 10 June 2008, the Israeli Knesset approved the first reading of the Civilian Damages Bill (Responsibility of the State) (Amendment 8) – 2008. Israeli Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann...

A delegation composed of representatives of Arab political parties represented in the Knesset, the High Follow-up Committee for the Arab Citizens of Israel and Adalah traveled to South Africa on 5...

On 1 June 2008, Adalah sent a letter to the Minister of the Interior and the Attorney General on behalf of the Union of Popular Committees against Home Demolitions in the Triangle and Wadi Ara,...