Press Releases

New Israeli regulations limit to 6-12 pages the length of objections submitted to planning and building committees.

In 2021, Haifa municipality funded school transport only for two private Jewish schools, while private Arab schools did not receive any budget designated for equipment and renovation.

Due to overcrowding in schools in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Wadi El-Na’am in the Naqab (Negev), and the lack of sufficient classrooms and proper learning conditions, dozens of...

Prevention of non-residents' entry into park began during COVID-19 restrictions, but has continued following complaints of Lehavim residents against Palestinian Bedouin non-resident visitors.

The discriminatory nationwide housing project offers discounted homes exclusively to selected career military personnel in what amounts to state-sponsored residential segregation.

In May 2021, B.M. was brutally beaten by Israeli police, and prevented from receiving emergency medical care during May 2021 events, despite him not being involved in any protests.

Adalah: Travel bans are illegal and violate rights to movement and fair procedure. The pretext of ‘secret materials’ does not make them legal. These orders must be rescinded immediately so...

Israel’s Internal Security Ministry intends to increase arrests and detention – until end of legal proceedings – by 15 percent in region largely populated by Palestinian Bedouin citizens;...

Defense of human rights is not terrorism. Israel is persisting in its declaration of prominent Palestinian civil society organizations as terrorist groups. Recently, the military put words into...

Israel's confiscation of documents and equipment and the closing of the offices comes just hours after Israel's West Bank military commander rejected the objections of five of the six organizations...

Today, human rights organizations Adalah, Gisha, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel, and Gaza-based Al Mezan Center for Human Rights sent an urgent letter (Hebrew) to Israel’s...

In an Israeli TV interview, former Deputy Chief of the Police Investigation Department (PID), Moshe Saada, revealed that the former Police Commissioner and State Attorney pressured the PID to close...

The Interior Minister may now strip citizenship from citizens of Israel convicted of offenses that constitute a "breach of loyalty", even if they become stateless. Adalah and ACRI: “This decision...

In advance of President Biden’s visit to Israel, descendants of original owners, who include US citizens and Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem, demand the immediate cancellation of the plan.

Ruling means that all Gaza residents are banned from any redress and remedy in Israel, regardless of the circumstances, during “acts of war” or otherwise, and the severity of the injury or...

Adalah is challenging ministerial ban on external providers of school programs that refuse to declare they recognize the Jewish character of the state, and/or those who commemorate the Palestinian...

Investigatory material confirms that police planned to use life-threatening measures and arrest demonstrators before the protest even began; “Mahash” failed to take basic investigatory steps,...

Discussions at the Knesset’s Education Committee reveal that a meeting was held between the Ministry and Shin Bet representatives concerning the formulation of a procedure of cooperation between...

Adalah calls upon the commission to continue to investigate key human rights abuses and Israel’s racist policies of segregation, domination, and Jewish supremacy in all areas under its control.

Update: Following challenges and objections to the procedures by Adalah and other human rights organizations, COGAT published new procedures on 4 September 2022. They are slated to go into effect...