Arab Minority Rights

Dec 93 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...

Nov 132 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 72 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...

Oct 303 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 83 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 63 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...

Aug 282 min read

Lack of Protection in Unrecognized Villages

On August 29, 2024, residents of unrecognized Bedouin villages, alongside the Council of Unrecognized Villages and human rights...

Aug 251 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 192 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 192 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...

Jul 212 min read

Administrative orders based on classified material and intelligence assessments are not the way to fight crime

The Knesset is expected to approve the second and third readings of the Protection of the Public from Criminal Organizations Law (on ...

Jul 202 min read

Data on Criminal Cases According to Gender, Nationality & Ethnicity

For years, the police and the Ministry of Justice have refused to provide information on criminal cases according to various parameters...

Jul 92 min read

Repeal the New Citizenship Law

The Association for Civil Rights, the Center for the Protection of the Individual, and Physicians for Human Rights petitioned the High...

Jul 22 min read

Discrimination in Scholarship Eligibility for Arab Students at the University of Haifa

On June 7, 2022, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) filed a lawsuit in the Haifa District Court seeking a declaratory...

Jun 292 min read

Failure to Address Request for Family Unification Residence Permit

On February 21, 2024, ACRI filed an appeal with the Appeals Court on behalf of a family residing in the Negev, seeking a residence permit...

Jun 231 min read

Protect the Rights of Hourly Workers Amidst Time of Emergency

Hourly workers are usually employed in occupations that require physical or public work, for relatively low wages, uncertainty and...

Jun 11 min read

Convene the Standing Committee to Implement the Five-Year Plan for Arab Society

On June 2, 2024, ACRI sent legal correspondence (Hebrew) to the Minister of Social Equality on behalf of the National Committee of...

May 152 min read

Allow the Hadash Student Group to Rally, Marking Nakba Day

On May 12, 2024, we petitioned the High Court of Justice (Hebrew), on behalf of the Hadash student group at Tel Aviv University, after...

Apr 13 min read

Threatening Messages from the Shin Bet to Arab Citizens and Residents

In recent days, many Arab citizens and residents received text messages to their cellphones in Arabic, signed by the Shin Bet, with a...

Mar 255 min read

March 2024 in the Knesset: Attacks on Freedom of Expression

The trends of silencing, harm to media outlets and journalists, and the intention to silence citizens who criticize the regime are...

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