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In The Knesset
ACRI’s policy advocacy department is dedicated to monitoring and advising on proposed bills in the Knesset to ensure the civil and political rights of all individuals are equally considered and protected. ACRI works to reduce infringements of human rights in bills and government policies, while initiating and supporting legislation that protects civil liberties and freedoms. ACRI’s work in the Knesset puts human rights issues on the public agenda and keeps decision makers informed via professional position papers and participation in Knesset committee discussions and related public forums.
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Lack of Protection in Unrecognized Villages
On August 29, 2024, residents of unrecognized Bedouin villages, alongside the Council of Unrecognized Villages and human rights...
Jan 61 min read
Release the Public Defender's Inspection Reports on Prison Conditions
On January 6, 2025, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel filed a Freedom of Information petition demanding the disclosure of...
Jan 35 min read
Amendment to the Police Ordinance: Powers of the Minister of National Security ("Ben Gvir Law")
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, together with the Public Committee Against Torture and the Movement for Quality Government,...
Dec 31, 20241 min read
Driver's Licenses for Asylum Seekers
On December 31, 2024, we petitioned the Supreme Court, together with five asylum seekers and the organizations HIAS, ASSAF, and the...
Dec 24, 20241 min read
Revoke "Humanitarian Procedure" Amendments
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, together with the Legal Aid Center for Olim of the Israel Religious Action Center, the...
Dec 18, 20241 min read
Use of Mounted Police in Protests
In September 2023, the police modified and expanded their procedures regarding the use of mounted police at demonstrations. The revised...
Dec 10, 20242 min read
The Subversive Message
December 10, 2024 Subscribe to ACRI's newsletter 76 years ago today, the United Nations General Assembly declared that every human being...
Dec 9, 20242 min read
A Proposed Law to Restructure the Police Internal Affairs Bureau (Machash)
A proposed law has been brought to the Knesset’s Constitution Committee to reform the Israeli police’s Internal Affairs Bureau (Machash)....
Dec 9, 20243 min read
Registration of Stateless Children in Educational Institutions in Beer Sheva
Israeli law, as well as the policies laid out by the Ministry of Education, states that every child starting from the age of three has...
Dec 5, 20242 min read
Issuing Identity Cards to Israeli Women Evacuated from Gaza
In early December 2024, the Association for Civil Rights submitted several petitions regarding the Population and Immigration Authority's...
Dec 2, 20242 min read
Political Interference and Freedom of the Press Violations against the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation
The Knesset's Economic Committee is currently discussing several proposed laws against the Public Broadcasting Corporation. Proposals...
Dec 1, 20241 min read
Equal Exam Accommodations for All Evacuated Kiryat Shmona Students
On November 28, 2024, we approached the Minister of Education and senior ministry officials with the demand (Heb) that they extend the...
Nov 28, 20242 min read
The New Policy for the Use of Stun Grenades Endangers Protesters
On October 31, 2024, the police updated the "Deployment and Use of Stun Grenades" policy. The new version (Heb) allows officers to...
Nov 27, 20243 min read
The Collapse of HMOs’ Home Health Aide Insurance and the State’s Responsibility
Home health care is a vital component of the human right to dignity, life, and health. The State's obligation to equality requires that a...
Nov 27, 20242 min read
Discrimination Among Prisoners in Eligibility for Extended Administrative Release
Severe overcrowding in Israeli prisons prompted the Knesset to establish a mechanism allowing the Israel Prison Service (IPS) to grant...
Nov 24, 20242 min read
Police Photography of Protesters
In September 2020, the police scrapped the protocol that prohibited photographing protesters other than under exceptional circumstances....
Nov 18, 20242 min read
Using AI in Airport Policing Decisions
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel petitioned the High Court of Justice on May 23, 2024, requesting that it order the police to...
Nov 14, 20242 min read
Visiting Permits for Palestinians with First-Degree Relatives in Israel
Since the outbreak of the war, Israel has not accepted applications from Palestinians in the West Bank for permits to visit their...
Nov 14, 20243 min read
Partners in an Uphill Fight
November 14, 2024 Subscribe to ACRI's Newsletter This newsletter is based on an op-ed that I wrote in Hebrew that was published in the...
Nov 14, 20243 min read
Police Deploy 'Hawk Eye' System for Tracking Drivers
First Petition On January 28, 2021, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Privacy Israel filed a petition with the High...
Nov 13, 20242 min read
Excessive and Selective Enforcement against Arabs for Expression Transgressions
The State Attorney's Guideline 14.12 establishes that police must obtain approval from the prosecutor’s office before opening an...
Nov 10, 20245 min read
Dr. Sharaf Hassan, "Local Conversation," and Amalia Wiesel: Recipients of the 2024 Rights Award
Each year, the Civil Rights Association gives the Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award to a person or organization that has made a special...
Nov 7, 20242 min read
Deportation of Families of Terrorists: Questions and Answers
On the night of November 7, 2024 the Knesset approved the Deportation of Families of Terrorists Law, 5785-2024. What does the law...
Nov 5, 20243 min read
Sweeping Use of "Combat Detention" in the West Bank
Since the outbreak of the war, all Palestinians arrested in the West Bank for offenses under security legislation have been detained in...
Oct 31, 20243 min read
A Year of War
October 31, 2024 Subscribe to ACRI's newsletter This newsletter is bleak, and I know that it is arriving during what is already a very...
Oct 30, 20243 min read
Expanding Disqualification Criteria for Elections: A Threat to Democracy and Minority Representation
The criteria under which a person or party can be disqualified from running in elections are laid out in Section 7A of Basic Law: The...
Oct 29, 20243 min read
The 2025 Budget: Implications for At-Risk Populations
The government's proposed economic plan for 2025 includes no proposals to cut coalition funds or close unnecessary government offices ....
Oct 8, 20243 min read
Publishing Humiliating Images of Detainees by the Police
On 29.10.2023, we appealed (Hebrew) to the Attorney General and the Police Commissioner, demanding that the police stop photographing...
Oct 6, 20243 min read
One Year of War: The Collapse of Human and Civil Rights Protections in Israel and the West Bank
A Review of Human Rights Violations in Israel and the West Bank Over a Year of War Since the horrific massacre carried out by...
Sep 29, 20242 min read
Increase Penalties for Police Officers Who Access Databases Without Authorization
As technology advances, police forces are gaining significant new powers, including the ability to store and process vast amounts of...
Sep 28, 20242 min read
Providing Status to Female Palestinian Victims of Domestic Violence
On May 6, 2024, we filed a legal petition (Hebrew) regarding the format of processing applications for providing legal status, on...
Sep 25, 20242 min read
Abolish the New Regime Structure in the West Bank, Which Constitutes as Annexation
On September 26, 2024, we, along with Yesh Din, filed a petition with the High Court of Justice challenging the amendment to the Order on...
Sep 18, 20241 min read
Pepper Spray as a Means of Crowd Control in Protests
In October 2023, the police updated their procedures for operating the MCTZ (spray machine) to allow the addition of pepper spray to the...
Sep 17, 20242 min read
In response to our inquiry: The bank's approval will no longer be necessary to submit a request for check issuance.
A bankrupt person is subject to various restrictions on economic activity, such as a ban on the use of checks and credit cards. However,...
Sep 17, 20243 min read
Close the Sde Teman Detention Center
On May 23, 2024, Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Physicians for Human Rights, HaMoked, Public Committee Against Torture in Israel...
Sep 15, 20244 min read
Bereaved Families Forum Disqualification is Extremely Unreasonable
The Association for Civil Right in Israel and the Education Law and Policy Clinic at the University of Haifa submitted sent legal...
Sep 9, 20242 min read
Improper Use of Undercover Police at Demonstrations
On May 22, 2024, we sent legal correspondence (Hebrew) to the Attorney General and the Attorney General of the Police requesting that...
Sep 8, 20242 min read
False Arrests of Demonstrators
Between August 31 and September 9, 2024, at least 127 demonstrators across the country were arrested during anti-government protests. Of...
Sep 3, 20242 min read
Privacy Violation Concerning Striking Civil Servants
On September 1, 2024, following the tragic murder of six hostages, the Histadrut General Organization of Workers in Israel announced a...
Aug 28, 20243 min read
Deteriorating Prison Rights: ACRI's Efforts to Uphold Accountability
Since Ben-Gvir took office as Minister of National Security, there has been a rapid deterioration of prisoners' rights, especially...
Aug 27, 20242 min read
Police violence Against Journalists and Prevention of Press Coverage
On June 16, 2024, we sent legal correspondence to the Attorney General and the Police Commissioner regarding the conduct of the police...
Aug 25, 20241 min read
There is a Police Force in Israel. It Belongs to Ben-Gvir
After the elections, even before the government was formed and as a condition for its formation, the Minister of National Security,...
Aug 25, 20244 min read
Confiscation of anti-war signs by police at demonstrations
On April 11, 2024, we petitioned the High Court of Justice, together with two anti-war demonstrators, demanding that the civilians be...
Aug 24, 20242 min read
Repeal the Ban on Red Cross Visits to Palestinian Prisoners
On February 22, 2024, ACRI, Physicians for Human Rights, HaMoked and Gisha petitioned the High Court of Justice (Hebrew) demanding that...
Aug 19, 20242 min read
Enrollment of Stateless Children in Schools in Lod and Be'er Sheva
Israeli law and Ministry of Education regulations guarantee every child the right to enroll in educational institutions from the age of...
Aug 19, 20242 min read
Discrimination Against Arab Students in STEM Excellence Scholarships
Ahead of the new academic year, the Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology released a "Call for Proposals" for excellence...
Aug 17, 20242 min read
Water supply in the Kfar Aqab neighborhood in Jerusalem
The Kfar 'Aqab neighborhood is located within the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem, beyond the separation wall, and is home to tens of...
Aug 12, 20242 min read
Exceptions Committee Preconditions, Regarding Public Housing Eligibility
The Ministry of Construction and Housing Exception Committees are a central route for recognizing eligibility for public housing. They...
Aug 12, 20241 min read
Implementing Deductibles for Mental Health Services
The Ministries of Health and Finance are proposing a 35-Shekel deductible for each psychotherapy session in Israel's public mental health...
Aug 5, 20241 min read
Temporary Humanitarian Residency for Young Woman Without Status
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel petitioned the Jerusalem Administrative Court to grant a temporary residence permit to a...
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