Publications

In a new film, Adalah captures the stories of two Palestinian villages, Al-Araqib and Susiya – one in Israel, one in the West Bank – that share a single story of struggle against forced...

The government is using a range of discriminatory policies to compel the people of the unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Naqab to abandon their land, including by violating their fundamental...

The Israeli Supreme Court’s new policy has already spared the justices from making several difficult decisions this year

Low turnout was due in large part to a general sense that Arab MKs lack the power to withstand the discriminatory laws in the Knesset

The "Prawer Plan," which the government initially approved in September 2011, outlines a problematic master plan. The plan is reminiscent of a previous government scheme for Arab Bedouin towns in...

Published in Ha'aretz on 2 September 2012. Attorney Hussein Abu Hussein, who represented Rachel Corrie's family in its suit against Israel, says they knew from the beginning that it would be an...

'On Torture' is the result of an expert workshop on the persistent and pervasive use of torture and ill-treatment against Palestinian prisoners in Israel. The journal presents documentation...

Adalah successfully challenged an amendment to the Civil Wrongs (Liability of the State) Law – 1952, which attempted to exempt Israel from compensation claims for property damage and injuries...

Adalah, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights – Gaza (PCHR) and Al-Haq filed a petition and a motion for injunction to the Supreme Court in May 2004 against IDF Major General – Central...

In response to a government decision to punitively disrupt the supply of fuel and electricity to Gaza, ten Palestinian and Israeli human rights organizations, in cooperation with the deputy...

On 31 July 2003, the Knesset enacted the Nationality and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) - 2003. This law prohibits the granting of any residency or citizenship status to Palestinians from...

Ameer Makhoul, a Palestinian Arab citizen of Israel, is a political activist and human rights defender. Dr. Omar Saeed lives in the village of Kufr Kanna and has a long history of political...

In February 2010, a virulent offensive was launched against human rights organizations based in Israel. The situation deteriorated to the point that the Knesset discussed the possible establishment...

During Israel's three-week offensive on Gaza code-named "Operation Cast Lead" from 27 December 2008 to 18 January 2009, at least 1,440 Palestinians were killed, including 431 children and 114...

Volume 5 of Adalah’s Review takes as its point of departure a theme raised in the previous volume, the question of political dissent by Palestinians – in this case dissent by Palestinian...

From the introduction, by Samera Esmeir: It is difficult to devote an issue of a critical journal published by a human rights organization to the theme of “security.” For in such a case, the...

Law and violence are often understood to be opposites. The rule of law is conceived of as constituting an orderly alternative to violence. In abandoning this dichotomous depiction of law and...

Volume II of Adalah's Review focuses on the issue of land, which is the main subject responsible for the existing tension between the state and the indigenous Palestinian community. It also...

Adalah published the first volume of its new journal, entitled Adalah's Review, in December of 1999. Adalah's Review is intended to open a critical stage for discussion of Israeli law, the legal...

Published March 2011. The definition of Israel as “the Jewish State” or “the State of the Jewish People” makes inequality a practical, political and ideological reality for...