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(Kiryat Gat, Israel) On 11 December 2011, in the presence of dozens of villagers, the Magistrates' Court in Kiryat Gat rejected Adalah's motion to cancel the 33 home demolition orders in the...

The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) issued its Concluding Observations on Israel in December 2011. This human rights body monitors State Party compliance with the...

(Tel Aviv, Israel) On 6 December 2011, Adalah, together with the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality (Dukium) and the Regional Council of the Unrecognized Villages (RCUV), held a briefing...

(Beer el-Sabe, Israel) Today, 6 December 2011, for the first time in Israel's legal history, the Kiryat Gat Magistrate's Court ordered the immediate cancellation of 51 demolition orders on the...

(Beer el-Sabe) On Monday 6 and Sunday 11 December 2011, the Kiryat Gat Magistrates’ Court will issue two precedent-setting rulings on the demolition and evacuation of the unrecognized Arab...

Adalah in the News English media Prawer Report & the Arab Bedouin in the Naqab (Negev)

(Haifa, Israel) Walid Dakka, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, classified as a "security prisoner" by Israel and his wife Sana have been struggling for over nine years for their basic human right to...

A revised version of a bill aiming to prohibit or restrict foreign governmental funding of Israeli civil society groups was tabled on Wednesday by Members of Knesset Ofir Akunis (Likud) and Faina...

As we near the end of 2011, Adalah wishes to direct the attention of the European Union to some of the year’s major developments and challenges with regard to the rights of the Palestinian...

Israel’s detention policy of Palestinians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and in particular Palestinian children and adolescents, is part of Israel’s policy of occupation.

Attempts to impose severe restrictions on human rights organizations' ability to receive foreign funding have been revived mere days after Prime Minister Netanyahu decided to freeze two proposed...

(Geneva, Switzerland) Representatives of Adalah participated in the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights' review of Israel in Geneva, Switzerland on 16-17 November 2011. At these...

Prior to the prisoner swap agreement concluded for the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in October 2011, over 5,000 Palestinians, classified by Israel as “security” prisoners or...

On 6 November 2011, the Municipality of Akka(Acre) announced that the notices sent recently to Arab traders who open their places of business on Saturdays(the Jewish Sabbath)had been sent by...

In response to a petition filed by Adalah to the Supreme Court, the Israeli Ministry of Health has announced that it will reopen a "Mother and Child Clinic" in the unrecognized Arab Bedouin village...

At a hearing held on 16 November 2011, the Israeli Supreme Court leveled scathing criticism against the Ministries of Education and Transportation for not implementing a 2005 ruling of the court....

Concern about the approval by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation of two bills that could severely limit foreign funding to Israeli human rights organisations.

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon held a discussion with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic,...

On Sunday, 13 November 2011, the Ministerial Committee on Legislation will vote on two bills that are intended to curtail the work of Israeli civil society organizations by severely restricting...