Press Releases

Published on 18 September 2005, the report of the Ministry of Justice’s Police Investigation Unit (henceforth: Mahash) regarding the events of October 2000 are an additional grave failure on the...

Adalah presents the legal facts regarding the Ministry of Justice's Police Investigation Unit's (Mahash) allegation that the refusal of the families of the thirteen Palestinian citizens killed by...

On 12 September 2005, the Municipality of Led (Lod) agreed to register an 8-year-old Arab child in the Jewish elementary school “Zabulun Hamer,” in response to an order issued by the...

Adalah Press Package for Press Conference: Analysis of Justice Ministry Report on October 2000 Killings, 18 September 2005

On Monday, 8 December 2003, 17 year-old Mahmoud Sadi, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, left his home in Led (Lod) in his family's car. He picked up two friends and drove to Ramle. When they reached...

HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual founded by Dr. Lotte Salzberger Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)

On 30 August 2005, Adalah sent a letter to the Prime Minister, the Attorney General, and the General Director of the National Insurance Institute (NII) on behalf of the High Follow-up Committee for...

On 1 August 2005, the Attorney General's (AG) office submitted its response to a petition filed by Adalah demanding a paved road to the elementary school in the unrecognized village of al-Fur'a in...

On 21 August 2005, the Chairperson of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens in Israel Mr. Shawqi Khatib, members of the Victims' Families Committee Mr. Hassan Asleh and Mr. Abdel Menem Abu...

On 23 August 2005, Adalah filed a petition to the Tel Aviv District Court against the Municipality of Led (Lod) and the Ministry of Education (MOE), following their decision to refuse to register...

The Regional Labor Court in Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) issued a decision on 1 August 2005, in which it accepted in full an appeal filed by Adalah obliging the National Insurance Institute (NII) to...

22 July 2005, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the Committee) issued its Concluding Observations, following its review of Israel's Third Periodic Report on its...

On 31 July 2005, Adalah filed a motion to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding an order to suspend the implementation of the Nationality and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) – 2003...

On 16 August 2004, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding that the Court issue an order of injunction instructing the Israel Prison Service (IPS) to allow the children...

On 18 July 2005, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel against the Minister of Finance and the Attorney General (AG), requesting the inclusion of five Arab Bedouin towns in the...

On 13 July 2005, the Supreme Court of Israel dismissed a petition filed in May 2004 by Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights-Gaza,...

On 21 July 2005, Adalah and Bimkom – Planners for Planning Rights submitted a request to the Ministry of the Interior's Northern District Supervisor, Mr. Herzl Gedj, to include the western...

On 6 July 2005, the UN Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) held a one-day session at UN headquarters in New York to review Israel's Third Periodic Report, which...

On 13 July 2005, Adalah filed a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel, demanding the issuance of an order to direct the Ministries of Education, the Interior, Construction and Housing, and...

After seven years of legal and bureaucratic struggle, on 30 June 2005, the Northern District Appellate Committee (NDAC) decided to accept Adalah's appeal on behalf of Adel and Itaaf Sawaed and to...