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(Beer el-Sabe, Israel) Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Minister of Education, Gideon Sa’ar, and to the Director of the Southern District of the Education Ministry, Ms. Amira Haim, on 27...

(Haifa, Israel) This week marks the 12th anniversary of the events of October 2000, when the Israeli police and security forces killed 13 young Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel during...

On 24 September 2012, a subcommittee of the National Council of Planning and Building (NCPB) rejected an appeal from Adalah and Bimkom against Master Plan 15/02/107 for the planned Israeli Jewish...

Following Adalah’s complaint, the Head of Coordination and Application at the Ministry of Environmental Preservation announced the cancellation of fines for "disturbing the peace: against five...

HAIFA – On 6 September 2012 the District Court of Bir el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) held a session to hear arguments in Adalah’s appeal against the Kiyat Gat Magistrates’ Court’s decision to uphold...

On 31 August 2012, the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) posed a list of 26 questions (“the List of Issues Prior to Reporting,” LOIPR) regarding Israel’s compliance with the International...

On 11 September 2012, Adalah, together with the Geography Department at Ben-Gurion University hosted an expert roundtable discussion entitled “Considering Forced Displacement: Shared Human Rights...

UN Human Rights Committee releases List of Issues, (LOIPR), questions for Israel's review. Adalah's report and the UNHRC's focus include questions on equality and discrimination in Israel's Basic...

Adalah and the Civic Coalition for Defending the Palestinians’ Rights in Jerusalem (CCDPRJ ) organized a press conference yesterday (invitation), 12 September 2012, on the National Council for...

The Israeli navy frequently shoots live fire at fishing boats in the permitted fishing area (three nautical miles) on the shores of Gaza and forces fishermen to strip naked at gunpoint, jump into...

Adalah: The school will provide a crucial solution to the phenomenon of the extremely high drop-out rate, particularly among girls

The one-way road is narrow and serves as the city's entrance and exit road; it has no safety rim, no sidewalks, and no pedestrian crossings or any other safe passageway.

A list of Adalah's upcoming court and administrative hearings, scheduled to take place from 3-13 September 2012 follows. Adalah will be representing MK Haneen Zoabi, MK Mohammed Barakeh, the Abu...

(Beer el-Sabe, Israel) On 9 August 2012, Adalah sent a legal letter to the Israeli Attorney General, the Minister of Culture and Sports, and the Municipality of Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) demanding...

In its response to Adalah’s petition to the Israeli Supreme Court, the Ministry of Culture and Sports announced at the end of July 2012, a new program called “Holiday of the Holidays,” which...

In response to a letter sent by Adalah on 13 March 2012, the Israeli Justice Minister announced that Palestinian prisoners were moved out of Section 4 of Nafha Prison, and that the section was shut...

(Beer el-Sabe, Israel) On 26 July 2012, Adalah sent letters to the Director of the Southern District of the Ministry of Education, Amira Hamim, and the head of the Abu Basma Regional Council in the...

Adalah submitted two administrative appeals to the Magistrate Court in Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) on 26 July 2012 seeking permission for an independent doctor to visit two detainees, Wa’il Kamil...

(Haifa/Tel Aviv/Jerusalem) Friday, 27 July 2012, in a statement issued by the EU-Israel Association Council, the European Union (EU) sharply criticized Israel for a wide range of human rights...