Naqab (Negev)

Arab Bedouin residents of the unrecognized village of Atir ask for cancellation of the "Yatir Forest Plan" (264/03/11). This plan seeks to evacuate the villagers, who are citizens of Israel,...

The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) issued its Concluding Observations on Israel in December 2011. This human rights body monitors State Party compliance with the...

When did you last see the Orthodox and secular, Arabs and Jews, newcomers and natives, students and neighborhood activists engaged in a common march and demonstration? On Monday night, 25 July...

On the eve of the Knesset State Control Committee‟s meeting of 28 March 2011 to discuss the report of the Prawer Committee, the government body established in 2009 to implement the Goldberg...

In September 2005, the Sub-Committee on Planning Principles, under the auspices of the National Council for Planning and Building, approved the “Wine Route” Plan. The plan authorizes the...

In December 2000, just prior to the start of his term as Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon published an article in the journal Land entitled, “Land as an Economic Tool for Developing Infrastructure...

On 28 November 2005, the Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing on a petition submitted by Adalah in March 2004 challenging the state's operations of spraying crops belonging to Arab Bedouin living...

On 28 November 2005, the Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing on a petition submitted by Adalah in March 2004 challenging the state's operations of spraying crops belonging to Arab Bedouin living...

The exclusion of indigenous persons from official statistics is a common practice of colonial regimes, in which the indigenous person is absent, does not appear, and thus does not exist. There are...

Although the expression “spatial Judaization” has all but disappeared from the overt discourse of planning, having been replaced by such expressions as “attracting populations” and...

In a response to a petition filed to the Supreme Court of Israel in March 2004, the Israel Lands Administration (ILA) admitted on 7 February 2005 to aerially spraying agricultural crops cultivated...

I am going to discuss – from the perspective of international law – the status of the Arab Bedouins’ rights to the lands they occupy and use in Israel. This perspective is important and of...

We contend that there is no need for the present regional councils, and that a new structure should be created: spatial authorities or diversified regional councils, to include different kinds of...

On 27 September 2004, Adalah sent a letter to the Israel Lands Administration (ILA) demanding the cancellation of a regulation, arguing that it sets forth discriminatory conditions for Arab Bedouin...

Today, 23 March 2004, the Supreme Court of Israel issued a temporary injunction, as requested by Adalah in a petition filed yesterday, preventing the Israel Lands Administration (ILA), the Ministry...

On 10 June 2003, Adalah, in cooperation with the Committee for the Defence of Land Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in the Naqab, submitted an objection on behalf of eleven Arab Bedouin...

Yesterday, 2 April 2003, Adalah sent a second letter to the Attorney General requesting a criminal investigation into the southern branch of the Israel Lands Administration (ILA). Yesterday...

This morning, without prior warning, helicopters belonging to the Israel Lands Administration's (ILA) so-called "Green Patrol" sprayed toxic chemicals on more than 1500 dunams (375 acres) of crops...