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Adalah's Initial Position on the Absorption of Discharged Soldiers Law - 1994 (Amendment No. 24, 2022), approved by Israeli Knesset on 23 May 2022

2022-05-26

The new amendment to the Absorption of Discharged Soldiers Law – 1994, also known as the “From Uniforms to Studies Law”, stipulates that a discharged soldier, as defined in the...

Agreement to provide former soldiers, first time home buyers with additional tax exemptions is discriminatory and ignores Arab citizens’ severe housing crisisriminatory

2014-05-19

On Sunday 12 May 2014, the Israeli media announced that the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Finance reached an agreement concerning tax exemptions (VAT) for first time homebuyers....

Bill to legalize preferences based on military service passes preliminary reading; Adalah: Bill discriminates against Arab citizens

2013-10-31

On 30 October 2013, the 'Contributors to the State Bill' passed a preliminary reading in the Israeli Knesset. The bill grants additional, extensive benefits to those that are already granted to...

Bill to legalize discrimination based on military service approved by Ministerial Committee on Legislation

2013-06-25

On 16 June 2013, the Ministerial Committee on Legislation approved the proposed Contributors to the State bill which institutes preferential treatment to citizens who contribute to the state (i.e....

Military service preference for high-tech workers in Israel must be removed for Arab citizens, not only ultra-Orthodox Jews

2013-04-30

Israeli media outlets reported that the Minister of Trade and Economy, Naftali Bennett, announced during a conference of the Israeli Union of Advanced Industries that the number of ultra-Orthodox...

"Military service" requirement to work at airport – even as a baggage handler

2013-04-11

The Airport Authority recently published an advertisement announcing vacant positions for baggage handlers at Ben Gurion Airport. The announcement requires military service as one of the primary...

ILA freezes Nazareth land sale that conditions bidding on military service

2012-11-28

The Israel Lands Administration (ILA) announced on 26 November 2012 that it was freezing the bidding process for building rights to five plots of land in Nazareth that condition eligibility for...

Adalah Demands Israel Lands Administration Cancel Military Service Requirement for "Price for the Dweller" Housing Program

2012-05-07

In a letter sent to Housing Minister Ariel Atias, Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz, Israel Lands Administration (ILA) Chairman Benzi Lieberman, and Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein, Adalah urged...

Seeking Cancellation of Discriminatory ILA Land Distribution Decision

In 10/03, Adalah filed a petition and a motion for an injunction to the Supreme Court on behalf of the National Committee of Arab Mayors and in its own name against the Israel Lands Administration...

Challenging Discriminatory Governmental Policies Regarding the Leasing of Land and Eligibility for Housing Assistance in Arab Bedouin Towns in the Naqab

Petition and motion for an injunction submitted to the Supreme Court in 10/05 in Adalah's name and on behalf an Arab Bedouin citizen of Israel against the Bedouin Development Agency (BDA), the...

Adalah Petitions Supreme Court to Cancel Discriminatory ILA Land Distribution Decision

2003-10-20

Yesterday, 19 October 2003, Adalah submitted a petition and a motion for an injunction to the Supreme Court of Israel on behalf the National Committee of Arab Mayors and in its own name against the...

Adalah Asks Israel Lands Administration Council to Cancel Decision Giving Leasing Discount to Discharged Soldiers

2003-02-12

Last week, Adalah sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Israel, the Attorney General, the Finance Minister and the Israel Lands Administration Council (ILAC), asking that the Council cancel its...