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On Thursday, 15 November 2001, five Haifa University students were convicted by the University’s Disciplinary Committee on charges stemming from their involvement in a demonstration held at...

On 12 November 2001, the Magistrate Court of Akka ruled to quash a demolition order, issued by the head of the Misgav Local Committee for Planning and Building (“Misgav Planning...

Adalah Argues That They Have Direct Responsibility for the Killing of 13 Palestinian Citizen Demonstrators and for the Injury of Hundreds of Others Former Minister of Internal Security Shlomo Ben...

On Tuesday, 13 November 2001, the Supreme Court began hearings on a petition concerning the discriminatory policy applied by the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) in distributing balance grants to the...

Today, Israeli police released two Palestinian citizens from the Arab village of Kufr Manda, Saleh Hassan Bushnaq, 18, and Addel Jamil Abed el Halim, 40, following two weeks of detention. The...

Adalah has begun preparations for the legal representation of Arab Member of Knesset (MK) Dr. Azmi Bishara. Following yesterday’s vote by the full Knesset Assembly to remove his immunity, as...

At a Supreme Court hearing held on 5 November 2001, Adalah rejected two proposals from the Attorney General’s office submitted in response to a petition demanding that seven unrecognized...

On Monday, 5 November 2001, the Magistrate Court of Jerusalem refused Adalah’s request to dismiss the indictment against Mr. Abdel-Menem Abu Saleh, the bereaved father who was charged with...

In a hearing today in the Haifa District Court, Justice Ginat overturned the decision of Professor Hayim Kutiel, head of the Haifa University Disciplinary Committee, to suspend three students...

On 31 October 2001, the Haifa University Disciplinary Committee issued a decision to expel three Arab students, members of the Arab Students Committee, from the University. On 2 November 2001,...

On 30 October 2001, Adalah submitted a legal opinion to the Knesset House Committee, the Committee's legal advisor and Attorney General Elyakim Rubenstein asking the Knesset Committee not to remove...

On 30 October 2001, Adalah Staff Attorney Jamil Dakwar filed a complaint with Eran Shindar, the Director ofMahash (the Ministry of Justice Police Investigation Unit) and MK Avraham Burg, the...

Issued by Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel Last week, on 24-25 October 2001, Yehuda Vilk, the former police chief and the highest-ranking official to appear to date...

On Friday, 5 October 2001 at 14:00, Adalah and The Galilee Society will host a memorial followed by two panel discussions to commemorate the martyrs of October 2000. The event is open to the public...

On 23 September 2001, Adalah staff attorney Marwan Dalal filed a petition to the Supreme Court on behalf of forty-nine petitioners including Parents’ Committees, pupils and NGOs against the...

In a precedent-setting decision, delivered on 5 September 2001, the Supreme Court of Israel ordered the District Planning Committee to re-examine and resubmit the plan for Kammaneh, an unrecognized...

Alik Ron, Northern District Police Commander, testified before the Or Commission for two days – Monday and Tuesday 3-4 September 2001. The main points of Ron’s testimony follow: Ron...

On 24 August 2001, the Or Commission, which is “investigating the clashes, which involved police and Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel” in October 2000, delayed hearing the testimony...

Today, Adalah staff attorney Marwan Dalal sent a letter to the Minister of Education, Limor Livnat, regarding her recent announcement that additional funding to Arab public schools would depend on...

Today, Adalah staff attorney Marwan Dalal sent a letter to Attorney General Elyakim Rubenstein, regarding his instruction to open a police investigation against Member of Knesset (MK) Taleb A-Sana....