Press Releases

On 1 June 2008, Adalah sent a letter to the director of the Clalit Health Servies, the largest sick fund in Israel, and to the chairperson of the fund's board of directors, demanding that they...

On 28 May 2008, Adalah submitted a pre-petition to the State Attorney demanding his immediate intervention to enable the families of political prisoners from the Gaza Strip to visit their relatives...

Adalah and the Arab Association for Human Rights Collecting Eyewitness Testimonies to Document Police Violence and File Complaints Ten Arab Citizens of Israel Detained by Police and later Released...

On 30 April 2008, Adalah sent a letter to the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General demanding that they object to a new bill that would absolve the police from making audio and video...

Today, 6 May 2008, the Israeli Supreme Court issued an order nisi (order to show cause) on a petition filed by Adalah challenging the constitutionality of the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law....

MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008, 16:00 (4:00 P.M.) (Shafa'amr, Israel – 1 May 2008) - On Monday 5 May 2008 at 4 pm, an expanded panel of seven justices of the Israeli Supreme Court will hear four...

In 2006, the national egg production quota in Israel was 671 billion eggs; in 2007, that figure rose to 678 billion eggs. In 2007, the Knesset's Economics Committee approved an additional NIS 8...

On 28 April 2008, Adalah petitioned the Supreme Court of Israel demanding the addition of the Arab village of Aramshe in the Upper Galilee to the list of communities eligible for egg production and...

Adalah Demands Cancellation of Education Ministry Program Celebrating 60 Years of Israel in the Arab Education System

Adalah Demands that National Insurance Institute Stop Using Military and National Service Criterion as Condition for Acceptance to Work at the Institute.

South African Officials, Lawyers and Human Rights Activists Offer Strong Support to October 2000 Families in their Struggle for Truth, Justice and Accountability Shawqi Khatib, Chairman of the High...

On 17 April 2008, Adalah filed a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding that the court compel the Israel Prison Service (IPS) and the Ministry of Education (MOE) to put an end to the...

Advocacy Visit to South Africa: Truth, Justice and Accountability for the October 2000 Families Shawqi Khatib: “This is a first step towards the internationalization of the case, and it is no...

On 15 April 2008, Adalah sent a pre-petition to the Attorney General demanding that he compel the Abu Basma Regional Council and the Ministry of Education (MOE) to pave a safe road to elementary...

Adalah: Secret services' persecution of National Democratic Assembly activists is a dangerous and illegal phenomenon

On 31 March 2008, Adalah filed a response to the Supreme Court of Israel regarding the insistence of the Israel Prison Service (IPS) to prohibit Palestinian children to have any physical contact...

On 2 April 2008, the Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing on a petition filed by Adalah on behalf of the National Committee of Arab Mayors and the Municipality of Nazareth in July 2001...

On 30 March 2008, Adalah sent a letter to members of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, on behalf of the Association for Palestinian Prisoners, Physicians for Human...

On 7 April 2008, the Israel Land Administration (ILA) sent its response to a letter filed by Adalah challenging the ILA Council’s Decision 1111 dated 25 May 2007, according to which “The Israel...

On 12 March 2008, Ms. Gay McDougall, the UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues, presented her report to the seventh session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. In preparation for the report,...