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Proposed law for suspending MKs must be shelved, violates right to vote and to be elected

2016-02-23

Adalah: Law demonstrates the political repression that comes with the tyranny of the majority against the minority.

Israeli government declares Islamic Movement in Israel an unlawful association

2015-11-17

Adalah: "The order issued by the Defense Minister is a violation and crackdown on the Islamic Movement's rights to freedom of association and political expression, and harms the Palestinian-Arab...

In Israel's elections, racism is the winning ballot

The 2015 Israeli elections saw an unprecedented level of racist incitement against Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel, which played a critical part in the election's events and results. Regardless...

Israeli Supreme Court rejects petition against raising electoral threshold

2015-01-14

Adalah and ACRI: Decision disregards Arab citizens’ rights to political representation by a variety of political movements.

Israeli Supreme Court rejects MK Haneen Zoabi's petition against her suspension from the Knesset

2014-12-11

Adalah and ACRI: "Decision enables MKs from the majority to impose political punishments on MKs from the minority because of their political views."

$Israeli Supreme Court urged to cancel Knesset\'s decision to suspend Arab MK Haneen Zoabi for six months$

Israeli Supreme Court urged to cancel Knesset\'s decision to suspend Arab MK Haneen Zoabi for six months

2014-10-09

Petitioners: Decision is serious violation of MK Zoabi\'s right to freedom of expression and political participation; Ethics Committee acted without legal authority and with double standards.

After 5 years of trial, Tel Aviv Magistrates’ Court sentences MK Mohammed Barakeh to pay NIS 650 fine

2014-04-27

Attorney Jabareen: “The main objective behind the four charges was to achieve a sentence of imprisonment for the MK, but the prosecution failed to do so.”

Call to Knesset Members to Vote Against Increasing the Election Threshold

2014-03-10

The bill is an infringement of the individual and collective rights of Arab citizens who, like Jewish citizens and any citizens of a democratic country, are entitled to the right to a meaningful...

Supreme Court Accepts Revocation of MK Zoabi’s Parliamentary Rights

2013-02-17

On 13 February 2013, an expanded panel of Supreme Court judges rejected Arab Knesset Member Haneen Zoabi’s petition to cancel the Knesset’s removal of some of her parliamentary privileges....

SC dismisses MK Tibi's petition against Knesset’s refusal to hear Nakba Bill

2013-02-05

(Haifa) On 4 February 2013, an expanded panel of the Supreme Court rejected a petition filed by Adalah in 2011 on behalf of MK Dr. Ahmad Tibi against the Presidency of the Knesset. In a...

“Disturbance of Peace” charges against protesters cancelled following Adalah’s intervention

2012-09-25

Following Adalah’s complaint, the Head of Coordination and Application at the Ministry of Environmental Preservation announced the cancellation of fines for "disturbing the peace: against five...

Israeli Supreme Court Orders Knesset to Explain Refusal to Hear MK Dr. Ahmad Tibi’s Proposed Nakba Bill; Expands Panel to Seven Justices for Next Hearing

2012-06-26

On 20 June 2012, the Israeli Supreme Court issued an order nisi (an order to show cause) instructing the Speaker of the Knesset to explain in full by 30 July 2012 why the Knesset Presidium did not...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Supreme Court to Hear Petition on 20 June of MK Dr. Ahmed Tibi against the Knesset for Disqualification of Bill Prohibiting Nakba Denial

2012-06-19

Tomorrow, Wednesday 20 June 2012 at 9 am, the Israeli Supreme Court will hear the petition of MK Dr. Ahmad Tibi (Ra'am-Ta'al), against the Speaker of the Knesset, MK Reuven Rivlin, for prohibiting...

Expanded Panel of Seven Israeli Supreme Court Justices Hears Petition against Revocation of MK Haneen Zoabi’s Parliamentary Privileges

2012-06-06

An expanded panel of seven Israeli Supreme Court justices sat on 5 June 2012 to hear the petition brought by Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) on behalf of MK Haneen...

GSS summoning activists to intimidate them

2009-01-02

On 31 December 2008, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Attorney General (AG) demanding that he order the General Security Services (GSS or the "Shabak") to cease the summoning of Arab leaders of...

AG should not support GSS interference in Arab political activity

2008-06-17

The Attorney General (AG) of Israel, Menachem Mazuz, responded to a letter sent by Adalah on 10 April 2008 in which the organization demanded that directives be issued to the General Security...

AG Mazuz in Response to Adalah: We Support the Work of the GSS Against Those Who Attempt to Change the Nature of the State

2007-05-22

On 20 May 2007, Attorney General Menachem Mazuz responded to a letter sent by Adalah on 22 March 2007 demanding the initiation of a criminal investigation into the General Security Services' (GSS)...

Gag Order Imposed on the Prolonged Detention of Four Abna al-Balad Political Activists Lifted Adalah: The GSS and the Police Violated the Detainees' Basic Rights during Interrogation

2004-03-04

Today, 4 March 2004, the gag order placed on the month-long detention of four members of the extra-parliamentary political movement, Abna al-Balad, was lifted. Mr. Mohammed Kannaneh, the General...

On 16 February 2003, the Supreme Court of Israel dismissed a petition filed by Adalah in May 2001, demanding access to clean drinking water for thousands of Palestinian Bedouin citizens of Israel living in seven unrecognized villages in the Naqab (Negev). The Supreme Court ruled that certain measures taken by the state, as a result of the filing of the petition, provided sufficient remedies to meet the petitioners' demands. These measures included: (i) the establishment of an inter-ministerial Water Committee. While the state initially argued that only individual families could approach the Committee, it later conceded to Adalah's position that the acute lack of water for so many people required collective action. As such, the Water Committee has agreed to hear requests for water points from groups of 10 or more families; and (ii) the establishment of additional water access points for the unrecognized villages. The petition was filed by Adalah Staff Attorney Marwan Dalal on behalf of Palestinian Bedouin citizens of Israel living in seven unrecognized villages in the Naqab, the Regional Council for Unrecognized Villages in the Naqab, the Association of Forty, the Galilee Society, Physicians for Human Rights - Israel, and in Adalah's own name. The seven unrecognized villages represented by the petitioners are Abu Tlul, Shahbi, Wadi el-Neem, El-Gara, Em Tnan, Em Batin, and Drejat. Adalah's petition charged that the National Infrastructure Minister, the Water Commissioner, the Israeli Water Company, the Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, and the Interior Minister are maintaining a policy of denying clean and accessible water to these unrecognized villages. Most residents of these unrecognized villages obtained water via improvised, plastic hose hook- ups or unhygienic metal containers, which are used to transport the water from a single water point located on main roads quite far from their homes. The petition included an expert opinion from a med

2003-02-18

Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Israel issued an unprecedented ruling on a motion and petition filed by Adalah in March 2002 on behalf of MK Azmi Bishara and the National Democratic Assembly (NDA)...

AG, Supported by GSS, Seeks Disqualification of NDA Party from Israeli Elections; Right-Wing MKs Ask to Ban Three Arab MKs and Three Political Parties; Adalah to Represent All Arab MKs and Political Parties

2002-12-21

On 19 December 2002, in an unprecedented move, Attorney General Elyakim Rubenstein submitted a motion to the Central Elections Committee (CEC) asking to disqualify the National Democratic Assembly...