Press Releases

Adalah: The UN Committee, which is composed of legal experts, reached these concluding observations based on the principles of anti-discrimination. Therefore the concluding observations constitute...

Yesterday, 28 February 2007, Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel launched a proposed new constitution for Israel offering a comprehensive bill of rights for a democratic,...

On 28 February 2007, the Supreme Court of Israel issued an order nisi demanding that the Municipality of Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) and the Attorney General give their reasons why the Big Mosque in...

Adalah to Attorney General Mazuz: Dismiss State Prosecutor Shendar for his Consistent Failures as Head of Mahash

On 13 February 2007, Adalah sent an urgent letter to Interior Minister Roni Bar-On and Attorney General Menachem Mazuz, demanding the cancellation of warning notices issued against approximately...

The claims of the selections committee clearly confirms that the town is intended for Jewish people only Adalah: We will petition the Supreme Court against the operation of these selection...

On 30 January 2007, Adalah filed a motion to the Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) Magistrate Court to cancel ex parte demolition orders issued by the Court at the request of the state against houses in...

Adalah: �The Supreme Court's decision contains a grave error of law in that it considered that the disputed financial support to former soldiers was established by a specific law, while in fact...

UN Committee asked Israel about the Status of the Jewish National Fund, the Citizenship Law and the Arab Holy Sites UN Committee to Review Israel on 22-23 February 2007 On 1 February 2007, Adalah...

On 31 January 2007, the Ministry of Finance announced its agreement to include four Arab villages � Arab al-Aramshe, Fasuta, Ma'alia and Jesh (Gush Halav) � in the north of Israel in the list...

On 28 January 2007, Adalah sent a letter to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres, demanding the cancellation of �Negev 2015: The National Strategic Plan for the...

On 23 January 2007, the Supreme Court of Israel approved a settlement reached between the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Adalah, according to which the MOE will establish a high school in the...

On 25 January 2007, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding the cancellation of the extension of the Nationality and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) (2003) for...

On 21 January 2007, Adalah submitted a response to the Supreme Court stating that it rejects the government's suggestion to convert the Big Mosque in Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) into a �museum of...

On 11 January 2007, the Supreme Court of Israel dismissed two petitions filed by Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) in 2002 demanding the cancellation of Government...

Adalah's Position on the Proposed Amendment to the Nationality and Entry to Israel Law (Interim Order) (Amendment No. 2) - 2006

On the night of 13-14 October 2003, a unit of Israeli army soldiers opened fire near the Jewish settlement of Negohot in the West Bank (Hebron Region), killing Mr. Meteb al-Nebari, a 31-year-old...

On 13 November 2006, Adalah submitted a pre-petition to the Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, demanding the cancellation of his order declaring Ansar Al-Sajeen (The Prisoners' Friends...

On 19 December 2006, the Haifa Magistrate Court decided to dismiss indictments filed against 41 parents of children who study at the Hewar School for Democratic and Alternative Education, alleging...

On 12 December 2006, Adalah and the Arab Center for Alternative Planning (ACAP) submitted a position paper to the Knesset's Interior and Environment Committee entitled, “Land and Housing...