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Adalah to Defense Minister: Firing at the Civilian Population of Gaza Constitutes a War Crime

Volume 46, March 2008 www.adalah.org Land, Planning and Justice Adalah submits an objection to the Eastern Ring Road Plan for Jerusalem, arguing that it is designed to create an ‘Apartheid...

Today, 29 February 2008, the Supreme Court of Israel rejected a petition filed by Adalah in the name of Arab members of Knesset, political activists, and members of the Committee to Commemorate Dr....

On 28 January 2008, the University of Haifa and the Marine Education and Training Authority responded to a letter sent by Adalah demanding the cancellation of the military service criterion as an...

Adalah: “Prisoners are transported by the Israel Prison Service in conditions that violate their constitutional rights to freedom, dignity, minimal living conditions in prison, medical...

Human Rights Groups: "Israel is Violating the Rights of Civilians in Gaza and Depriving them of Basic Needs – in Violation of International Law." Wed., February 6, 2008: Beginning tomorrow...

Volume 45, February 2008 www.adalah.org Virtual Roundtable Should human rights organizations continue to petition the Israeli Supreme Court concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory (1967)?...

Gisha and Adalah: “This decision sets a dangerous legal precedent that allows Israel to continue to violate the rights of Palestinians in Gaza and deprive them of basic humanitarian needs, in...

None of the police officers or commanders involved in the fatal shootings of Palestinian citizens of Israel in October 2000 will face criminal indictment, the Attorney General of Israel, Menachem...

Today, 27 January 2008, the Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing on an urgent motion filed by Adalah and Gisha – The Legal Center for Freedom of Movement, on behalf of ten Palestinian and...

On 24 January 2008, Adalah submitted a petition to the Tel Aviv District Court against the University of Tel Aviv, challenging age restrictions on entry to the university’s medical school...

On 23 January 2008, Ms. Asma Jahangir, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, visited Adalah’s offices for a briefing on Israel’s discriminatory laws and practices...

Adalah: We do not Expect Anything Positive to Emerge from the Decision Attorney Hassan Jabareen, the General Director of Adalah, and a legal representative of the victims' families, commented as...

Adalah: "Israel has turned the Gaza Strip into the biggest prison in the world, and the Supreme Court must decide whether it will allow the population of the Gaza Strip to exercise at least the...

Adalah Demands Immediate Entry of Food, Medications and Humanitarian Supplies to the Gaza Strip

Adalah: “Israel's commitment to avoid a humanitarian crisis in Gaza is mere lip-service. Cut off from fuel supplies, Gaza has been blacked out and now stands at the verge of a severe...

Adalah: This is a great achievement, but the state must return all of the land The Court: The state must negotiate with the petitioners regarding the nine remaining plots of land Today, 14 January...

Adalah to AG: Application of Absentee Property Law in East Jerusalem is Illegal

Gaza's power plant has cut electricity production by 30%, beginning yesterday, because of the Israeli military's restrictions on the supply of industrial diesel to Gaza. The cuts began yesterday...

On 27 December 2007, Adalah received a letter from the University of Haifa in which it advised of the cancellation of an order issued by the Dean of Students to prohibit the distribution of a...