Home demolitions

Since the deadly raid on the Jenin refugee camp and the escalation that followed, the newly formed govt. swiftly advances multiple racist and illegal policies.

Adalah: the instructions of the National Security Minister are a form of collective punishment that violates Israeli and international law.

Following Adalah’s legal action against East J’lem demolitions: Israel announced last week it would freeze demolitions nationwide; Adalah: Israel must allow legal construction and stop...

Expansion would add 640 acres to the Israeli Jewish town, a move that would come at the expense of surrounding Arab communities and limit their future growth.

After years of racist housing policies, new Israeli law paves the way for wave of home demolitions in Palestinian Arab communities in Israel.

The law would expand the use of Israel's administrative powers to implement demolition and eviction orders and would increase the severity of financial penalties on homeowners.

The Israeli Government's New Plan to Forcibly Displace and Dispossess Palestinian Bedouin Citizens of Israel from their Land in the Naqab (Negev).

From outset, Adalah maintained Israeli police and Public Security Minister Erdan's claims that Ya'akub Musa Abu Al-Qi'an was a terrorist were false and inflammatory.

Funeral held Tues. for 50-year-old Umm al-Hiran teacher killed by police; Adalah: Supreme Court ruling makes clear there is no legal basis for Israeli police to hold a body as a bargaining chip.

Arab Joint List leader Ayman Odeh hit by sponge-tipped bullets, struck and cursed by police officers after shooting incident in which local Bedouin resident Ya'akub Abu Al-Qi'an was killed.

Israeli police still refuse to return body of Umm al-Hiran resident Abu Al-Qi'an to family for burial; Supreme Court hearing on issue to be held today (23 January 2017) at 3 PM.

Adalah calls for just solution to land and housing crisis in Arab communities, urges PM Netanyahu to halt demolitions of Arab homes.

Adalah seeks criminal investigation into shooting that lead to death of 50-year-old math teacher Ya'akub Musa Abu Al-Qi'an; police in Umm al-Hiran violated open-fire regulations, blocked medical care.

Adalah: Israeli courts, gov't responsible for death of 50 year old; residents refute police claims of attack; eyewitnesses confirm Ya'akub Musa Abu Al-Qi'an lost control of car after police fired...

New Jewish town of 'Hiran' to be built on ruins of Arab Bedouin village in Israel's south; demolition to move forward despite court recognition residents are not illegal trespassers.

In the objection, Adalah Attorney Suhad Bishara argued that the Master Plan submitted by the Interior Ministry contained no vision or consideration for developing the village.

Adalah and the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality in the Negev (Dukium) organized a day of human rights training on Saturday, 16 February 2012 for a group of residents from the village of...

Adalah and the Civic Coalition for Defending the Palestinians’ Rights in Jerusalem (CCDPRJ ) organized a press conference yesterday (invitation), 12 September 2012, on the National Council for...

On 5 July 2012, the European Parliament (EP) passed a historic resolution (291 to 274, with 39 abstentions) strongly condemning Israeli policies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, including...

HCJ 4969/04, Adalah et. al. v. IDF Major General, Central Command, Moshe Kaplinski, et. al.