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(Haifa, Israel) On Sunday 7 November 2010, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation will discuss a new private member's bill entitled, “The Bill for Protecting the Values of the State of...

On 27 October 2010, the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee approved the second and third readings of the proposed Admissions Committees Law - 2010, which would permit state-owned...

Volume 76, November 2010 New Discriminatory Laws and Bills in Israel New report by Adalah detailing 20 main new laws and currently-tabled bills in the Knesset that discriminate against the...

UN Committee to Hold Preliminary Review of Israel in November 2010 On 25 October 2010, Adalah submitted an NGO report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (“the...

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the October 2000 killings, during which 13 unarmed Arab youth were shot dead by Israeli police and security forces during protest demonstrations in Israel,...

(Haifa, Israel) On 19 October 2010, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Israeli Minister of Tourism, the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General to demand that a recently-tabled Knesset bill...

(Haifa, Israel) On 12 October 2010, the Supreme Court confirmed an agreement reached between Adalah and the Israel Prison Service (IPS) that the IPS should provide Arabic language education and...

(Haifa, Israel) On 24 October 2010, Adalah and the Arab Center for Alternative Planning (ACAP) submitted an objection to the Detailed Regional Plan – K'far Vradim (the plan). K'far Vradim is...

In a letter to MK David Rotem, the Chairman of the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, dated 21 October 2010, Adalah demanded that a new bill, which amends the Criminal Procedure...

(Haifa, Israel) On 14 October 2010, the State Attorney's Office announced that new procedures will be implemented and regulations formulated to allow prisoners to submit joint petitions to courts...

UN Committee to Hold Preliminary Review of Israel in November 2010 On 25 October 2010, Adalah submitted an NGO report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (“the...

Adalah: “The publication of bids and the submission of new detailed plans for Harish before the approval of master plan indicate that the planning authorities do not intend to examine the...

Last night, 10 October 2010, the Israeli government approved a new amendment to the Citizenship Law which would require all non-Jews seeking citizenship via the naturalization process to declare an...

On 7 October 2010, Adalah submitted a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court demanding the annulment of amendment No. 113 to the National Insurance Law, which passed on 14 July 2009 and which will...

(Haifa, Israel) Tonight, 4 October 2010, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected Adalah's appeal on behalf Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire and ordered her deportation. In doing so, the Court, by...

Ms. Maguire Remains in Detention for Six Days and in Failing Health Supreme Court Hearing in Jerusalem Tomorrow Monday 4 October 2010 at 9:00 AM (Haifa, Israel) This morning, Sunday 3 October 2010,...

Volume 75, October 2010 Land, Housing and Planning Rights Adalah and Arab Center for Alternative Planning (ACAP) challenge new plan threatening to confiscate land in Arab village of Tarshiha and...

Position paper: The unconstitutionality of the state's policy of demolishing Arab Bedouin unrecognized villages in the Negev (Naqab)

Central District Court Will Conduct Full Hearing on Friday 1 October 2010, 11:00AM – Maguire Remains in Detention (Haifa, Israel) Just after midnight on Wednesday 29 September 2010, Israeli...

(Haifa, Israel) This morning, Tuesday 28 September 2010, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ms. Mairead Maguire from Ireland was detained at Ben Gurion Airport and refused entry to Israel. Adalah will...