Press Releases

On 18 March 2008, Adalah sent a letter to the general director of an employment office, the Supervisor of the Unit for the Implementation of the Employment Law within the Ministry of Trade,...

On 17 March 2008, Adalah sent a letter to the Director of the Israel Land Administration (ILA) and the Attorney General (AG) demanding the cancellation of a decision approved approximately a year...

On 10 March 2008, Adalah submitted an appeal to the National Council for Planning and Building (NCPB) on behalf of 75 Arab citizens from the Arab Druze town of Daliyat al-Carmel, against a decision...

On 16 March 2008, Adalah filed a petition to the Supreme Court challenging an amended law that strips recipients of income support allowances of their right to own or use a car. Adalah argued that...

On 5 March 2008, Adalah sent a letter to the Attorney General, Menachem Mazuz, on behalf of the Association for Palestinian Prisoners, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, the Public Committee...

On 10 March 2008, human rights and social change organizations sent an urgent letter to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, the Minister of Construction and Housing Ze'ev Boim and the Attorney General...

On 2 March 2008, Adalah sent a letter to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, Eli Yishai, the Director of the Coordinating Bureau of the Economic Organizations, Shlomo Neuman, and the...

The plan is designed to create an apartheid road and turn the Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem into cantons, in violation of international and Israeli law On 2 March 2008, Adalah...

On 5 March 2008, Adalah sent letters to the Minister of Communications, the Minister of National Infrastructures, the Minister of Construction and Housing, the Minister of Transport, the Minister...

The law allows for the arrest of suspects for long periods without any judicial oversight, for deliberations to take place in their absence, and for the decision to extend their detention to be...

On 4 March 2008, Adalah, in cooperation with the Regional Council for the Unrecognized Villages in the Naqab (RCUV), filed a motion to the Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) Magistrates’ Court to...

Adalah to Defense Minister: Firing at the Civilian Population of Gaza Constitutes a War Crime

Today, 29 February 2008, the Supreme Court of Israel rejected a petition filed by Adalah in the name of Arab members of Knesset, political activists, and members of the Committee to Commemorate Dr....

On 28 January 2008, the University of Haifa and the Marine Education and Training Authority responded to a letter sent by Adalah demanding the cancellation of the military service criterion as an...

Adalah: “Prisoners are transported by the Israel Prison Service in conditions that violate their constitutional rights to freedom, dignity, minimal living conditions in prison, medical...

Human Rights Groups: "Israel is Violating the Rights of Civilians in Gaza and Depriving them of Basic Needs – in Violation of International Law." Wed., February 6, 2008: Beginning tomorrow...

Gisha and Adalah: “This decision sets a dangerous legal precedent that allows Israel to continue to violate the rights of Palestinians in Gaza and deprive them of basic humanitarian needs, in...

None of the police officers or commanders involved in the fatal shootings of Palestinian citizens of Israel in October 2000 will face criminal indictment, the Attorney General of Israel, Menachem...

Today, 27 January 2008, the Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing on an urgent motion filed by Adalah and Gisha – The Legal Center for Freedom of Movement, on behalf of ten Palestinian and...

On 24 January 2008, Adalah submitted a petition to the Tel Aviv District Court against the University of Tel Aviv, challenging age restrictions on entry to the university’s medical school...