Publications

Who will promote democracy and human rights in Annapolis?

Dozens of UN resolutions and calls by the international community to end Israel’s prolonged occupation and to enable the Palestinian people to exercise their right of self-determination have...

I argue here that 1967 and 1948 are not so different; both are variables. “Reality” and “History” are human productions. There is nothing natural, immutable or deterministic about them. In...

Without a doubt the law enforcement authorities, which believe that integrity can be disregarded when it comes to the interests of Arab citizens, have also adopted a discriminatory policy in their...

To mark Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, 17th April, Adalah’s Media Coordinator Amal Ziadah interviews former political prisoner Areej Shahbari, a Palestinian woman from Nazareth

The Israeli planning system adopted the Zionist ideology that perceives Jewish settlement throughout the state as a supreme goal, which also has the practical purpose of achieving geopolitical...

Kol al-Arab: Why is Adalah proposing a constitution, even if it is entitled “Democratic”? Are you aware that there is no chance of Israel adopting it in the current circumstances? Marwan Dalal:...

The basic contents of the “Democratic Constitution”, issued by Adalah, fall into two fields. The first field relates to general rights in the state and the rights of the Palestinians in Israel...

Corrective justice according to the “Democratic Constitution” is among the most important characteristics of democratic societies which in the past pursued policies of land and property...

We, the Israeli Jews among us, have to agree to afford the rights that should have been granted from the start, and we shall not make the accordance of said rights conditional in any way, since...

We, the Israeli Jews among us, have to agree to afford the rights that should have been granted from the start, and we shall not make the accordance of said rights conditional in any way, since...

On the tenth anniversary of its founding, Adalah is issuing "The Democratic Constitution," as a constitutional proposal for the state of Israel, based on the concept of a democratic, bilingual,...

Those who are called political prisoners are perceived as freedom fighters, those who resist foreign rule or a despotic regime. The opposition to classifying them as such reflects a deep-rooted,...

The Israeli Supreme Court’s ruling delivered in December 2006 on Israel’s policy of assassinations in the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967 has a strange outcome. Former Chief Justice of...

There is no debate over the fact that the Arab-Palestinian community in the State of Israel possesses its own unique culture, and that it therefore has the right to conditions that will enable it...

Portraying minorities in a negative light, making extensive use of prejudice and stereotypes, as well as blaming them for their problems, attributing fixed and negative roles to members of minority...

We celebrate today an event which fills the hearts of many of us, Arabs and Jews alike, with great joy: the tenth anniversary of Adalah. As I see it, Adalah is one of the most important...

In this lecture, I will briefly consider the possibilities and limitations presented by the sphere of Israeli jurisprudence as an arena for action toward achieving collective equal rights for the...

In an effort to avoid this and remain "clean and objective," I have actually decided to begin with a description of the history of the syllabus for the course entitled, "The Arab Minority in...