Press Releases

On 16 May 2006, ACRI and Adalah submitted a joint motion to the Supreme Court requesting it to issue a ruling on their petitions submitted in 2002. The petitions challenged the Government Decision...

Adalah: “Moving public services such as the employment office in Sakhnin from Arab towns to Jewish towns in Israel, deprives Arab citizens of the rights to dignity, equality and a minimum...

On 10 May 2006, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel against the Ministry of Education (MOE), demanding the appointment of educational psychologists in five schools in the...

On 26 April 2006, the Supreme Court of Israel dismissed a petition filed by Adalah at the beginning of the current school year, which demanded the provision of transportation for three and four...

Adalah: Even Court in South Africa in 1980 During Apartheid Refused to Approve Similar Orders on Grounds they Contradicted the Right to a Family Attorney Hassan Jabareen (General Director of...

On 26 April 2006, the Supreme Court of Israel ordered the Israel Prison Service (IPS) to reexamine new directives within 45 days concerning children's visits with their incarcerated parents. Under...

On 27 March 2006, Professor Phillip Alston, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, issued his report to the 62nd Session of the Commission on Human...

On 27 March 2006, the Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing on a petition filed by Adalah on behalf of literary critic, translator and journalist Antwan Shalhat against the Interior Minister's...

On 30 March 2006, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding the cancellation of the “Wine Path Plan” (Regional Master Plan TAMAM 4/ 14/ 42: Partial District...

On 19 March 2006, Adalah wrote to the Attorney General (AG) of Israel, Menachem Mazuz, demanding that he close all criminal files against protestors from the Arab town of al-Tira who participated...

On 3 April 2006, Adalah sent an urgent letter on behalf of a father and his minor son to the “Clalit Health Services”, a public health fund, and the Ministry of Health demanding that...

On 29 March 2006, the Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing on a petition submitted by Adalah and the “el-Manara” elementary school Parents' Committee against the Ministry of Education...

On 26 March 2006, the Israel Prisons Service (IPS) informed Adalah that it had created a spacious and sheltered waiting hall for the families visiting Palestinian prisoners from the Occupied...

On 27 March 2006, the Supreme Court of Israel issued an order nisi (order to show cause) on a petition submitted by Adalah and Sawt al-'Amel (the Laborer's Voice) on behalf of a secured income...

On 3 March 2006, Adalah sent a letter to the head of the Israel Prison Service (IPS), Yaakov Ganot, and the head of the State Attorney's Office, Osnat Mandel, demanding the cancellation of a...

On 9 March 2006, Adalah submitted a position paper to the Knesset's Interior and Environment Committee, in response to a report issued by the Committee regarding the future of planning and building...

On 27 February 2006, an expanded seven-Justice panel of the Supreme Court of Israel unanimously ruled to cancel a governmental decision establishing “National Priority Areas,” finding...

On 28 February 2006, the Central Elections Committee (CEC) voted 18 to 16 against motions to disqualify Sheikh Ibrahim Sarsour as well as the United Arab List (UAL) – the Arab Movement for...

On 27 February 2006, the Supreme Court of Israel rejected a motion submitted by the Minister of Defense, Shaul Mofaz, and the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army, Dan Halutz, requesting a second...

On 1 February 2006, the Supreme Court of Israel, in a 2 to 1 split decision, accepted a petition submitted by Adalah, ruling illegal the Israeli Knesset's 2001 vote to strip Member of Knesset (MK)...