Land and planning

As long as Israel views the Arab minority's interest as conflicting with the Jewish majority's interest, Arab citizens' housing crisis will not be solved.

Only 4.6% of Israel's housing tenders are published in Arab towns and villages; settlements in the OPT receive four times more housing units than Arab communities in Israel; Israel continues to...

The village's master plan was agreed in 2013, 12 years after a Supreme Court ruling and 20 years after recognition; but the ILA has refrained from marketing 100 construction tenders.

'Target Price' housing program will benefit a list of 10 towns in 2015 and 30 additional towns in the next five years, including 5 West Bank settlements. Neither of the lists include any Arab towns.

Adalah and Civic Coalition: Plan serves political goals of the occupying power in violation of international law, and disregards development needs of Palestinian residents.

Adalah submitted reports to the UN HRC on the rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel in general, and together with NCF on the rights of Arab Bedouin citizens in the Naqab.

Adalah: Supreme Court's decision entrenches racial segregation; 434 small communities in Israel, or 43% of all residential areas, will be allowed to close their doors to Arab citizens of the state.

On 10 September 2014, the Israeli National Council for Planning and Building (NCPB) issued its decision to approve the establishment of the 'National Park - The Slopes of Mount Scopus' project....

Attorney Mahameed: \"Those who \'trespassed\' on privately owned land, and tried to confiscate private property without a court order or any legal authority, are the inspectors of the Israel Land...

The Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee approved a new master plan to build a 'national park' on the lands of two Palestinian villages, Al-'Issawiya and At-Tur, in occupied East...

Nizar Bakri and Qassem Bakri had bought apartments in the Carmiel region of Haifa in 2010, but have been unable to register their properties with the Israeli Land Registrar because the lands on...

Adalah sent a letter earlier this month to the Israel Land Authority (ILA) demanding changes to the existing procedures regarding the sale of plots of land for residential housing purposes in Arab...

On 22 December 2013, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding that a construction company be ordered to sell an apartment to an Arab citizen in a new neighborhood in the...

On 4 August 2013, the Israeli Cabinet approved a list of new “National Priority Areas” (NPAs) that consists of 20 new Jewish towns, 9 of which are settlements in the Occupied West Bank....

On Wednesday 10th July 2013 residents of the Ajami neighborhood in Jaffa filed a petition with the Administrative Court seeking to change the criteria of construction tenders issued by the Israel...

In June 2013, Adalah held a two-session training course for 20 Arab lawyers in the Naqab (Negev) to legally challenge home demolitions and other issues related to land and planning. The training...

Detailed plan for Harish designates 2,300 units for ultra-Orthodox Jews, contradicting Housing Minister’s statement that "Harish is open for all" On 20 May 2013, Adalah and the Arab Center for...

On the commemoration of the 65 Nakba Day, Adalah is releasing a short documentary film,"From Al-Araqib to Susiya." The film tells the story of two Palestinian villages along the Green Line:...

In a new film, Adalah captures the stories of two Palestinian villages, Al-Araqib and Susiya – one in Israel, one in the West Bank – that share a single story of struggle against forced...

To mark the 65th Nakba Day, on 13 May 2013, Adalah and the Iqrit Community Association hosted a study tour for ambassadors, diplomats, and foreign journalists to the depopulated Palestinian village...