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Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Israel issued an order nisi requiring the state to explain, within 120 days, why not to include Arab towns in the government's 'Ofeq' program. This program aims to...

The motion is based on a report released by B'Tselem on 14 November 2002, entitled "Human Shield: Use of Palestinian Civilians as Human Shields in Violation of High Court Order." In its report,...

Today, Adalah demanded that the Disciplinary Committee of Safed College cancel the decision of the Administrative Committee to temporarily suspend Ms. Yassera Bakri from her studies at the college....

On 12 November 2002, Adalah submitted a pre-petition to the Attorney General's office, requesting that the families of detainees and prisoners from the West Bank currently being held in Israel be...

On 30 October 2002, the Nazareth District Court denied a prisoner's appeal filed by Adalah on behalf of Mr. Mohammed Zayed, who is currently incarcerated at Shata Prison. Adalah Staff Attorney...

On 28 October 2002, Adalah sent a letter to the Minister of Education, Limor Livnat, asking her not to implement the recommendations of the Shoshani Committee. Adalah Staff Attorney Gadeer Nicola...

On 22 October 2002, the Attorney General's office sent a letter to the Registrar of Associations, requesting that he respond a letter sent by Adalah to the Attorney General on 15 October 2002,...

On 28 October 2002, Adalah sent a letter to the Attorney General's office, on behalf of Archimandrite Theodosios (Atallah) Hanna, Spokesman of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem and the Holy...

The National Lawyers Guild (NLG), a voluntary association of thousands of progressive American lawyers and law students, invited and hosted Adalah for a two-week speaking tour in New York and...

The evidence submitted by the petitioners shows that conditions in Ansar III do not meet minimum standards for a detention facility. Ansar III is situated in the Naqab desert, which is exceedingly...

Today, the Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction freezing the implementation of a new law for 30 days, which would cut child allowances by 20% to families who do not serve in the military....

Adalah is pleased to announce the publication of a new volume of our legal journal, Adalah's Review, Volume 3 - Law and Violence. The essays in this volume attempt to offer an understanding of the...

On 10 September 2002, Adalah learned from media reports that the Israeli prison authorities ordered the Open University (a correspondence school) to refuse the enrollment of all Palestinian...

On 5 September 2002, Adalah sent a letter to Attorney General Elyakim Rubenstein demanding that the recently reconvened Demography Council be denied government funding or support, and that a total...

Yesterday, Minister of Interior Eli Yishai signed a special decree officially revoking the citizenship of Mr. Nihad Abu Kishik, an Arab citizen of Israel. This unprecedented decision makes Mr. Abu...

The official Commission of Inquiry into the October 2000 protest demonstrations ("Commission") concluded its public hearings on 21 August 2002 with the testimony of former Prime Minister Ehud...

On 26 August 2002, Adalah filed a petition to the Supreme Court in its own name and on behalf of the Association for Support and Defense of Bedouin Rights in Israel, the Islamic Committee in the...

On 26 August 2002, Adalah submitted 12 individual petitions to the Supreme Court on the Israeli government's interim policy canceling all pending family unifications if the non-citizen spouse is...

Today, Supreme Court Justice Strassberg-Cohen granted a temporary injunction preventing the Israeli army from using Palestinian civilians as human shields and/or hostages through the army's...

On 6 August 2002, the official Commission of Inquiry into the October 2000 events (hereafter "the Commission") heard testimony from three academic expert witnesses: Danny Rabinowitz, Professor of...