Press Releases

On 28 July 2013, the Nazareth Magistrates’ Court extended the detention of two Arab demonstrators, Majd Dahamashe and Muhammad Taha, until Wednesday, 31 July. The court also decided to release on...

On 24 July 2013, Adalah filed a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court on behalf of the parents of children from seven schools in the Naqab (Negev) in southern Israel. The schools currently receive...

On 24 July 2013, Adalah petitioned the Supreme Court on behalf of representatives of five unrecognized villages, with a combined population of over 12,000 Bedouin citizens of Israel. The...

On 15 July 2013, the Palestinian public in Israel voiced its unequivocal rejection of the Prawer-Begin Plan, which threatens to displace the Palestinian Bedouin community in the Naqab (Negev),...

On Thursday, 18 July 2013, the Be’er Sheva District Court ordered the release of the four (4) remaining detained demonstrators who were arrested at the anti-Prawer protests held in the city on...

On Wednesday 17 July 2013, the Haifa District Court accepted an appeal in the cases of five demonstrators detained during anti-Prawer protests held in the Arab town of Sakhnin in northern Israel,...

Lawyers of seven of the protestors arrested during demonstrations against the Prawer-Begin Plan in the Arab town of Sakhneen on 15 July 2013 have appealed to the Haifa District Court against the...

Anti-Prawer Detainees: 9 of 13 detainees in Beer Sheva released, appeal filed to release the remaining 4

(Akka and Beer el-Sabe, Israel) The Akka (Akko) Magistrates’ Court approved the police request to extend the detention of nine (9) protestors, Palestinian citizens of Israel, who were arrested...

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...

Brussels, 2 July 2013 - The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) condemns the approval of the discriminatory Prawer-Begin Bill, which passed its first reading by a vote of 43 to 40 in...

Human rights organizations call on Israel to use the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention Against Torture to fully renounce torture and ill treatment, and to commit to ending impunity that has...

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....

On 17 June, Adalah wrote to the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, and Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni, demanding that the Prevention of Libel and Defamation Bill, also known as...

This evening, the Israeli Knesset approved the discriminatory Prawer-Begin Bill, with 43 votes for and 40 votes against. The Prawer-Begin Plan threatens to displace tens of thousands of Arab...

Adalah: “Although Arab farmers have a very small share, government support goes exclusively to Jewish farmers” Supreme Court: “The authorities must do more to right this historical...

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...

Earlier this month, June 2013, the Israel Land Authority (ILA, formerly the Israel Land Administration) advertised the availability of land and permits to construct 40 apartments neighboring the...

On 20 June 2013, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) issued its Concluding Observations on Israel, following its latest review on 3 June 2013. The Committee raised serious concerns...

The Ministry of Transportation has finally completed a safety crosswalk at the major intersection in front of the Arab Bedouin Al-Fur'a Elementary School in June 2013, eight years after it...